Pétain
132 minutes,
France (1993), 12
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Pétain: A history lesson about the extent of France's shameful collaboration with the Nazis, Pétain is at times a little heavy-going, but doesn't take the usual Hollywood-style liberties with the truth. Dufilho is Pétain, the war hero who rolls over when the Germans arrive, but it is the wheeling and dealing behind the scenes which leads to his betrayal that is most intriguing...
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