Narrator (voice)
Samuel Labarthe
Narrator (voice)

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.
Narrator (voice)
Samuel Labarthe
Narrator (voice)
Self (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
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André Malraux
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Pierre Mendès France
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François Mitterrand
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René Coty
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Georges Pompidou
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Michel Debré
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Alain Peyrefitte
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Nikita Khrushchev
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John F. Kennedy
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Jacqueline Kennedy
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