Pétain, such a popular hero
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.
Trailer
Actors
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)
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