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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Sian Cain

Marcel Ophuls, Oscar-winning film-maker of The Sorrow and the Pity, dies aged 97

Documentary film director Marcel Ophuls poses for a portrait in the 1990's in New York City, New York.
Marcel Ophuls poses for a portrait in New York City, New York, circa 1990s. The film director has died aged 97. Photograph: Catherine McGann/Getty Images

Marcel Ophuls, the Oscar-winning French film-maker whose documentary The Sorrow and the Pity uncovered the truth of the Vichy government’s collaboration with Nazi Germany during the second world war, has died aged 97.

Ophuls “died peacefully” on Saturday, his grandson Andreas-Benjamin Seyfert confirmed on Monday.

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