De Gaulle, the Last King of France

  • Documentary
  • History
  • TV Movie
3/27/2017

Storyline

Charles de Gaulle, the first president (1958-1969) of the Vth Republic, France’s current system of government, left his mark on the country . He was statesman of action and has been compared to a monarch. This film depicts the general’s personality through the great events of his presidential term, at a time when the world was undergoing considerable changes.

Director:
Patrick Rotman
Writer:
Patrick Rotman
    • france
    • general
    • presidential election
    • politics
    • constitution
    • north atlantic treaty organization (nato)
    • president
    • 1950s
    • 1960s
    • algerian war (1954-62)
    • may 68
    • decolonization

    Cast

    • Samuel Labarthe
      Narrator (voice)
    • Charles de Gaulle
      Self (archive footage)
    • André Malraux
      Self (archive footage)
    • Pierre Mendès France
      Self (archive footage)
    • François Mitterrand
      Self (archive footage)
    • René Coty
      Self (archive footage)
    • Georges Pompidou
      Self (archive footage)
    • Michel Debré
      Self (archive footage)
    • Alain Peyrefitte
      Self (archive footage)
    • Nikita Khrushchev
      Self (archive footage)
    • John F. Kennedy
      Self (archive footage)
    • Jacqueline Kennedy
      Self (archive footage)
    • Yvonne de Gaulle
      Self (archive footage)
    • Konrad Adenauer
      Self (archive footage)
    • Harold Macmillan
      Self (archive footage)
    • Lyndon B. Johnson
      Self (archive footage)

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