Pétain, such a popular hero

• 8.0 Documentary
• 2010-11-15
• 90 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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))

Director:

Serge de Sampigny

Writer:

Serge de Sampigny