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.
Episode 1
The Collapse
When France is defeated by Germany in 1940, certain political factions decide to support the creation of the Vichy regime, headed by Marshal Pétain, while resistance against the invaders emerges.
Episode 2
The Choice
The different French political factions decide either to resist more openly or to collaborate with the Nazis.
Marcel Ophüls
Self - Interviewer
André Harris
Solange Azan
Self
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
1973 · ★ 8.3
2019 · ★ 7.8
2026 · ★ 8.1
2009 · ★ 7.6
2024 · ★ 7.6
2009 · ★ 8.4
2023 · ★ 8.0
2021 · ★ 7.3
2007 · ★ 8.1
2019 · ★ 8.1
2024 · ★ 7.5
2018 · ★ 7.8
2018 · ★ 7.2
2017 · ★ 8.2
2017 · ★ 7.2
2020 · ★ 7.0
2024 · ★ 8.0
1990 · ★ 7.9
2014 · ★ 7.0
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