Pétain, such a popular hero

Pétain, un héros si populaire

Documentary 2010 · 1h 30m

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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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13 people

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)

Pétain, such a popular hero

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