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Pétain, such a popular hero (2010)

8 | Nov 15, 2010 (FR) | Documentary, War, History, TV Movie | 01:30

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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Writer, Producer, Director
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Jacques Gamblin
Narrator (voice)
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Philippe Pétain
Self (archive footage)
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Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
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Charles de Gaulle
Self (archive footage)
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Pierre Laval
Self (archive footage)
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Léon Blum
Self (archive footage)
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Joseph Joffre
Self (archive footage)
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Ferdinand Foch
Self (archive footage)
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Raymond Poincaré
Self (archive footage)
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Georges Clemenceau
Self (archive footage)

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