Pétain, such a popular hero

The read

It runs a compact 1h 30m.

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

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

Cast

• 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)

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