Charles de Gaulle
Actor
- Born
- November 22, 1890 · Lille, France
- Died
- November 9, 1970 (age 79)
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
Brexit: The Uncivil War
January 19, 2019
The Killing of America
September 5, 1981
The Lovely Month of May
May 3, 1963
La Rabbia
April 13, 1963
A Grin Without a Cat
November 23, 1977
Black Is Beltza
October 5, 2018
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
September 15, 2017
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
January 2, 1943
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
November 2, 2005
Montreal Stories
November 8, 1991
A Night at the Opera
September 29, 2020
The Extraordinary Seaman
May 14, 1969
Acting57
- 2026One Hero, The People as Self (archive footage)
- 2025Sacrée Sécu as Self (voice archive)
- 2023Jean Moulin, cet illustre méconnu as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Cent jours as Self
- 2022Le cinéma français et l'épuration as général
- 2022De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- 2022Algeria 1943: A Colony Under Vichy Control as Self (archive footages)
- 2021Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune