called it a "monumental" work, and "one of the most potent documentaries ever made". The Arts Desk (UK) called it simply "the greatest documentary ever made about France during the Second World War". Accolades In France, the film won the Grand Prize of the . In the United States, the film was nominated for an Academy Award in 1971 for Best Documentary Feature. In the same year, it received a special award by the National Society of Film Critics, "which called it 'a film of extraordinary public interest and distinction'." In 1972, it was named Best Foreign Language Film by the U.S. National Board of Review. In the UK, it won the 1972 BAFTA award for Best Foreign TV Programme. In popular culture Woody Allen's film Annie Hall (1977) references The Sorrow and the Pity as a plot device. Film critic Donald Liebenson explains: "In one of the film's signature scenes, Alvy Singer (Allen) suggests he and Annie (Diane Keaton) go see the film. 'I'm not in the mood to see a four-hour documentary on Nazis,' Annie protests. In the film's poignant conclusion, Alvy runs into Annie as she is taking a date to see the film, which Alvy counts as 'a personal triumph'." See also Collaborationism German occupation of France in World War II The Holocaust in France References External links Director Marcel Ophuls in Conversation with Thom Powers, Published on Oct 8, 2015, Sorrow and the Pity, Roger and Ebert review, Published on September 19, 1972, Testimony File - History of the resistance of the Strasbourg French University transferred to Clermont-Ferrand 1969 films 1969 documentary films Black-and-white documentary films Documentary films about the Holocaust Documentary films about Vichy France 1960s English-language films Films about the French Resistance Films directed by Marcel Ophuls French documentary films French war films 1960s French-language films 1960s German-language films Cultural depictions of Charles de Gaulle Documentary films about World War II 1960s French films Anthony Eden