The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)

Denis Rake: self, British Secret Agent in occupied France

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• Self - British Secret Agent : I can honestly say that the people who helped me most were the railroad men, and though it's hard to admit now, the Communists. French workers were wonderful people. They would do anything, they'd give you the shirt off their backs.

• Self - British Secret Agent : The workers were always able to provide me with with what I needed, whereas the bourgeoisie was scared. They had more to lose, and I think that in life, no matter where you go, people often consider what they have to lose.

• Self - British Secret Agent : I was a transvestite singer in Paris in "Le Grand Ecart" for 3 months, and in "La Cave Caucasienne" for a long time.

  Interviewer : You did have an adventure during that time.

  Self - British Secret Agent : Yes. I did form a great friendship with a German officer. It started because I had no papers and I went to a nightclub where I met somebody I knew who introduced me to this man who was able to get me papers. But, this acquaintance turned to a great friendship, like all these friendships do, its a question of speed. And he invited me to stay with him. And I stayed with him for about four or five months, until I found that I was thinking that I was letting him down in this double-game business. And I was always afraid that if I should confess to him the truth, it would put him in an awkward position. So, I decided to...

  Interviewer : He didn't know you were English?

  Self - British Secret Agent : No. He thought I was Belgian.

• Self - British Secret Agent : The bourgeoisie, I must say, were very neutral. They didn't help me much. No, not the bourgeois. I was impressed by the simple people, the waiters in the restaurants, the cashiers in the grocery stores.