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on the Eastern Front in the Waffen SS.
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It's about collaboration and resistance,
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tales of true heroism
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but also of repressed memory.
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There's a great scene in which they're walking through the school.
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They ask about the teacher, a teacher who disappeared.
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They don't even remember about it.
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They don't remember it, the guys that are being interviewed.
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They've conveniently forgotten.
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So, The Sorrow and the Pity
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was never shown on french TV until 1981.
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It's a fantastic thing.