De Gaulle, the Last King of France

Documentary History TV Movie

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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.

Cast

Samuel Labarthe

Narrator (voice)

Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Pierre Mendès France

Self (archive footage)

François Mitterrand

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Georges Pompidou

Self (archive footage)

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)

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Pierre Tchernia

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Norodom Sihanouk

Self (archive footage)

Louis de Funès

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Hallyday

Self (archive footage)

Françoise Hardy

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Self (archive footage)

Lucien Neuwirth

Self (archive footage)

Christian Fouchet

Self (archive footage)

Nicolae Ceaușescu

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Marie-Hélène Barbéris

Documentation & Support

Director, Writer

Sylvère Kretzschmar

Assistant Editor

Assistant Editor

Guillermo Fernandez

Assistant Director

Executive Producer

Marie-Hélène Ranc

Sophie Krykwinski

Post-Production Manager

Sound Recordist

Xavier Drouault

Production Manager

Georges Lafitte

Graphic Designer