Overview

• Marcel Ophuls passed away peacefully on May 24, 2025, at his home in southwestern France, as confirmed by his grandson.
• Ophuls' groundbreaking 1969 documentary, 'The Sorrow and the Pity,' revealed the complexities of French collaboration with Nazi Germany, sparking national introspection.
• The film, initially banned from French television until 1981, dismantled the myth of widespread French resistance during WWII and earned global acclaim.
• Ophuls won an Academy Award in 1988 for 'Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie,' a documentary on the Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie.
• At the time of his death, Ophuls was working on a documentary titled 'Unpleasant Truths,' focusing on Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.