The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
Le Chagrin et la Pitié
Documentary, War & Politics • 4h 20m
Overview
An investigation into the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II, between the Vichy regime, established in the south of France and headed by Marshal Pétain, and Nazi Germany.
Cast: Marcel Ophüls, André Harris, Solange Azan, Georges Bidault, Matthäus Bleibinger, Charles Braun, Maurice Buckmaster, Emile Coulaudon, Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie, René de Chambrun, Christian de la Mazière, Jacques Duclos, Raymond Du Jonchay, Anthony Eden, Marcel Fouche-Degliame, Raphaël Géminiani, Alexis Grave, Louis Grave, Marius Klein, Georges Lamirand, Pierre Le Calvez, Pierre Mendès France, Elmar Michel, Denis Rake, Henri Rochat, Paul Schmidt, Edward Spears, Georg Stumme, Helmut Tausend, Roger Tounze, Marcel Verdier, Walter Warlimont, Maurice Chevalier, Bruno Fritz, Claude Levy
Director: Rob Reiner
UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray release date September 21 2026
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray or Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray no comparison available
Shout! Factory Blu-ray has exclusive extras the Kino Lorber/ Capelight release doesn't
The initial release of the Capelight 4K mediabook had some playback issues with Dolby Vision on Panasonic devices due to an encoding error, the HDR10 apparently works fine, see Capelight’s official response here.
Director: Rob Reiner
UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray release date September 21 2026
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray or Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray no comparison available
Shout! Factory Blu-ray has exclusive extras the Kino Lorber/ Capelight release doesn't
The initial release of the Capelight 4K mediabook had some playback issues with Dolby Vision on Panasonic devices due to an encoding error, the HDR10 apparently works fine, see Capelight’s official response here.
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for October 2026 release
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for October 2026 release
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
Director: Robert Towne
Arrow includes the original Dolby Stereo mix in a matrixed stereo form, as well as a discrete 4.0 track.
Director: Robert Towne
Arrow includes the original Dolby Stereo mix in a matrixed stereo form, as well as a discrete 4.0 track.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Arrow 4K Blu-ray Both cuts are excellent in 4K. See caps
Director's cut: 2007 WB Blu-ray; Arrow is a lossy transcode with dynamics compression.
2007 BD's AC-3 track with dynamic range compression enabled is nearly identical to Arrow's, see comparison
Theatrical cut is fine.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Arrow 4K Blu-ray Both cuts are excellent in 4K. See caps
Director's cut: 2007 WB Blu-ray; Arrow is a lossy transcode with dynamics compression.
2007 BD's AC-3 track with dynamic range compression enabled is nearly identical to Arrow's, see comparison
Theatrical cut is fine.
Director: Renny Harlin
Arrow 4K Blu-ray caps by cinemaniac. Gorgeous upgrade
Atmos track on Arrow cuts off the end credits music 1 minute before the credits end. 5.1 doesn't have this issue.
Digital 4K appears to be fixed. Could the International WB 4K Blu-ray also be fixed?
Director: Renny Harlin
Arrow 4K Blu-ray caps by cinemaniac. Gorgeous upgrade
Atmos track on Arrow cuts off the end credits music 1 minute before the credits end. 5.1 doesn't have this issue.
Digital 4K appears to be fixed. Could the International WB 4K Blu-ray also be fixed?
Director: Lee Cronin
Arrow 4K Blu-ray > French Metropolitan 4K Blu-Ray > WB 4K Blu-Ray
Britain StudioCanal/French Metropolitan 4K Blu-Ray has a exclusive director's solo commentary.
Director: Lee Cronin
Arrow 4K Blu-ray > French Metropolitan 4K Blu-Ray > WB 4K Blu-Ray
Britain StudioCanal/French Metropolitan 4K Blu-Ray has a exclusive director's solo commentary.
US Toy Robot and UK 88 Films 4K Blu-ray
US Toy Robot and UK 88 Films 4K Blu-ray
Director: Joel Coen
Arrow 4K Blu-ray scheduled for November 2026 release
All the same
Director: Joel Coen
Arrow 4K Blu-ray scheduled for November 2026 release
All the same
More Documentary on Blu-ray
Director: Jonathan Demme
Director: Jonathan Demme
DE Koch Media is presented in the correct 25fps and is likely better compressed than UK Dogwoof (29 vs 14 Mbps), but it doesn’t have English subtitles.
US Drafthouse is in 24fps for Region A compatibility, and is encoded at around 30 Mbps.
(Although bitrate does not solely determine the quality of the encode, the difference is large enough here and there are no publicly available caps.)
No info on the JP VAP Blu-ray.
DE Koch Media and US Drafthouse feature a lossless 5.1 track. Dogwoof offers only AC-3.
DE Koch Media is presented in the correct 25fps and is likely better compressed than UK Dogwoof (29 vs 14 Mbps), but it doesn’t have English subtitles.
US Drafthouse is in 24fps for Region A compatibility, and is encoded at around 30 Mbps.
(Although bitrate does not solely determine the quality of the encode, the difference is large enough here and there are no publicly available caps.)
No info on the JP VAP Blu-ray.
DE Koch Media and US Drafthouse feature a lossless 5.1 track. Dogwoof offers only AC-3.
Director: Bert Stern
Director: Bert Stern
Director: Dwain Esper
Kino Lorber Blu-ray was mastered in 2K and 4K from the original 35mm negatives and several 35mm prints
Director: Dwain Esper
Kino Lorber Blu-ray was mastered in 2K and 4K from the original 35mm negatives and several 35mm prints
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