Pétain, such a popular hero

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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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Jacques Gamblin

Narrator (voice)

Philippe Pétain

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footage)

Pierre Laval

Self (archive footage)

Léon Blum

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Joffre

Self (archive footage)

Ferdinand Foch

Self (archive footage)

Raymond Poincaré

Self (archive footage)

Georges Clemenceau

Self (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

Self (archive footage)

Directing

Editing

Production

Sound

Pierre Estève

Original Music Composer

Writing

Directing

Editing

Production

Sound

Pierre Estève

Original Music Composer

Writing