Marcel Ophuls, the renowned, Oscar-winning documentarian whose controversial and epic “The Sorrow and the Pity” was a worldwide success, has died. He was 97. His death was reported to the New York Times by his grandson, Andreas-Benjamin Seyfert, who provided no details concerning the circumstances of the death. Ophuls, the son of famed German and […]

Marcel Ophuls, Director of ‘The Sorrow and the Pity,’ Dies at 97
May 26, 2025 | 12:17 PM