Charles de Gaulle
Acting·November 22, 1890·† November 9, 1970 — 79 years old·Lille, France
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to restore democracy in France. In 1958, he came out of retirement when appointed President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) by President René Coty. He rewrote the Constitution of France and founded the Fifth Republic after approval by referendum. He was elected President of France later that year, a position to which he was reelected in 1965 and held until his resignation in 1969.
Known For
The Vietnam War
2017·8.2
Apocalypse: The Second World War
2009·8.4
The Killing of America
1981·7.3
The Lovely Month of May
1963·8.0
La Rabbia
1963·7.0
A Grin Without a Cat
1977·7.9
Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West
2021·7.8
Black Is Beltza
2018·5.5
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
2017·6.1
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943·7.0
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
2005·5.8
Montreal Stories
1991·5.0
Filmography · 68
2026One Hero, The PeopleSelf (archive footage)2025Sacrée SécuSelf (voice archive)2025War 2 WarTVSelf (archive footage)2022The Century of IconsTVSelf (archive footage)2022Cent joursSelf2022Generations of the Algerian WarTVSelf (archive footages)2022It Was the War of AlgeriaTVSelf (archive footage)2022Le cinéma français et l'épurationgénéral2022De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empireSelf (archive footage)2022At War for AlgeriaTVSelf - Politician (archive footage)2022Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the WorldSelf - Politician (archive footage)2022Algeria 1943: A Colony Under Vichy ControlSelf (archive footages)2021Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune2021Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the WestTVSelf (archive footage)2021The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's PassionSelf (archive footage)2021François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love StorySelf (archive footage)2021Mitterrand et la téléSelf (archive footage)2020Congrès de Tours 1920: The Birth of the French Communist PartySelf (archive footage)2020De Gaulle, le monarque et le ParlementSelf (archive footage)202070 Years of Youth RevoltTVSelf (archive footage)2020De Gaulle, l'homme à abattreSelf (archive footage)2020Décolonisations : du sang et des larmesTVSelf (archive footage)2020A Night at the OperaSelf (archive footage)2020Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploiSelf (archive footage)2020Des Français libres, sauver l'honneur2019André Malraux: Writer, Politician, AdventurerSelf - Politician (archive footage)2019Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... Les Présidents et les FrançaisSelf (archive footage)2019The Phoney WarSelf - Army Colonel (archive footage)2019Kourou et l'épopée spatiale françaiseSelf (archive footage)20181958: Those Who Said NoSelf (archive footage)2018Black Is BeltzaSelf (voice) (archive footage)20181914-1945 : Les grands hommes des deux guerreslui-même2017The Vietnam WarTVSelf - Politician (archive footage)2017Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for LizardsSelf (archive footage)2017De Gaulle, the Last King of FranceSelf (archive footage)2016Загадки века с Сергеем МедведевымTVSelf (archive footage)2016Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du papeSelf (archive footage)2012De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argileSelf (archive footage)2010Pétain, such a popular heroSelf (archive footage)2010Foccart, l'homme qui dirigeait l'AfriqueSelf (archive footage)2010De Gaulle and the Free French in World War IISelf (archive footage)2009Apocalypse: The Second World WarTVSelf (archive footage)2008The Resistance: Live Free or Dieself2006René LévesqueTVLui-même (images d'archives)2006Messali Hadj - A Life In Service To The Algerian PeopleFrench President (archive footage)2005I Saw Ben Barka Get KilledSelf(archive footage) (uncredited)2002The American FriendSelf (archive footage)1997Le chemin du RoyCharles de Gaulle1994The World of PolygoonSelf (archive footage)1991Montreal Stories(archive footage)1981The Killing of AmericaSelf (archive footage)1977A Grin Without a CatSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)1972The Algerian WarSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)1969God Chose ParisSelf (archive footage)1969The Extraordinary SeamanSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)1968Snows of GrenobleSelf1963EspionageTVSelf (archive footage)1963The Lovely Month of MaySelf1963La RabbiaSelf (archive footage)1963Was der Wehrmachtsbericht verschwiegSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)1961The Smashing of the ReichSelf1949Crusade in EuropeTVSelf (archive footage)1948Rhin et DanubeSelf (archival footage)1944The Liberation of ParisSelf1944A Salute to FranceSelf (archive footage)1943Autour de Brazzaville1943Why We Fight: Divide and ConquerSelf - with Churchill and FDR (archive footage)1942United We StandSelf (archive footage)