Pétain, such a popular hero
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1hr
30mins
Directed by
Serge de Sampigny,
Starring
Jacques Gamblin,
Philippe Pétain,
Adolf Hitler,
Charles de Gaulle
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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.
