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Auction History Result

4c0046 SORROW & THE PITY linen French 1p R1980s Marcel Ophuls classic WWII Nazi/French documentary!

Date Sold 4/30/2020
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An Undated (probably 1980s) Re-Release Theatrical Linenbacked French One-Panel "Grande" Movie Poster (1p; measures 46 3/4" x 62 1/2" [119 x 159 cm]) (Learn More)

Le Chagrin et la Pitie (released in the U.S. as "The Sorrow and the Pity: Chronicle of a French City Under the Occupation"), the classic 1971 Marcel Ophuls (the son of director Max Ophuls) French/Swiss/German World War II (WWII) historical documentary (about French collaboration with Nazi Germany when they were occupied during World War II) featuring interviews by Marcel Ophuls with Frenchmen who lived through World War II, including Georges Bidault, Raphael Geminiani, Charles Braun, Henri Rochat, and Marius Klein. Note that the film runs a massive 251 minutes (and this was classically parodied in "Annie Hall", where obsessive compulsive Woody Allen can't go into the movie a few minutes after it started!).
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Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this 1980s re-release French poster, which is a "country of origin" poster for this partially French movie!

Note that this poster ships in a very long tube (at least 33" long, but possibly 50" long or more). Therefore the shipping for this poster will be more than that for a poster that ships in a tube 32" or shorter, and possibly much more. Please bear this added shipping expense in mind before bidding on this poster. You can tell how long of a tube this poster needs to ship in by looking at the shorter dimension of its length and width and then adding 4" to that (so a 47" x 63" poster will need to ship in a 51" long tube).

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at some crossfolds and slight darkening and minor wear on the folds. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above.
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