Pétain, such a popular hero

On October 24, 1940, Philippe Pétain met Adolf Hitler in Montoire and led the French into collaboration with the Nazis. A black page in the history of France, written by a man whom many then considered a hero: the winner of Verdun.

• Serge de SampignyWriter
• Pierre EstèveOriginal Music Composer
• Serge de SampignyDirector

• Jacques GamblinNarrator (voice)
• Philippe PétainSelf (archive footage)
• Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
• Charles de GaulleSelf (archive footage)
• Pierre LavalSelf (archive footage)
• Léon BlumSelf (archive footage)
• Joseph JoffreSelf (archive footage)
• Ferdinand FochSelf (archive footage)
• Raymond PoincaréSelf (archive footage)
• Georges ClemenceauSelf (archive footage)
• Benito MussoliniSelf (archive footage)
• Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)