Charles de Gaulle
Born
22 November 1890 (135)
Place of Birth
Lille, France
Biography
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 appr...
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.
Filmography (40)
One Hero, The People
2026
Sacrée Sécu
2025
Cent jours
2022
Le cinéma français et l'épuration
2022
De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
2022
Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World
2022
Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune
2021
The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion
2021
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
2021
Mitterrand et la télé
2021
Congrès de Tours 1920: The Birth of the French Communist Party
2020
De Gaulle, le monarque et le Parlement
2020
De Gaulle, l'homme à abattre
2020
Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi
2020
Des Français libres, sauver l'honneur
2020
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
2019
Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... Les Présidents et les Français
2019
The Phoney War
2019
Kourou et l'épopée spatiale française
2019
1958: Those Who Said No
2018
Black Is Beltza
2018
1914-1945 : Les grands hommes des deux guerres
2018
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
2017
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
2016
De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile
2012
Pétain, such a popular hero
2010
Foccart, l'homme qui dirigeait l'Afrique
2010
De Gaulle and the Free French in World War II
2010
The Resistance: Live Free or Die
2008
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
2005
The American Friend
2002
Le chemin du Roy
1997
Montreal Stories
1991
The Killing of America
1981
A Grin Without a Cat
1977
The Algerian War
1972
God Chose Paris
1969
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
Snows of Grenoble
1968