Is this not Monday Morning Quarterbacking by the director?
I see a lot of people in here are talking like it's a fair non judge-mental view from the director but somehow I don't get that. Maybe I'm just guessing but it seems like there is a little shame towards his country from director Marcel Ophüls after the outcome is known. People can look back at France and now say they were collaborating with the Nazis but really what choice did they have? They were invaded by a Country with no help in sight so what would you do? After things shook out and France was liberated the finger pointing took place. The people who pointed the longest fingers probably did the least and hid the most. It's easy to say that people should of stood up but...... that's what that is easy. At the time France was outclassed by the German army and did what the could too survive. The finger pointing gets nobody anywhere.