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)

André Malraux

Self (archive footage)

Pierre Mendès France

Self (archive footage)

François Mitterrand

Self (archive footage)

René Coty

Self (archive footage)

Georges Pompidou

Self (archive footage)

Michel Debré

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)

Mao Zedong

Self (archive footage)

Robert Rocca

Self (archive footage)

Pierre Tchernia

Self (archive footage)

Jean Lecanuet

Self (archive footage)

Roger Frey

Self (archive footage)

Michel Droit

Self (archive footage)

Norodom Sihanouk

Self (archive footage)

Louis de Funès

Self (archive footage)

Lino Ventura

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Hallyday

Self (archive footage)

Françoise Hardy

Self (archive footage)

Jean Seberg

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Self (archive footage)

Lucien Neuwirth

Self (archive footage)

Christian Fouchet

Self (archive footage)

Nicolae Ceaușescu

Self (archive footage)

Pierre Messmer

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Marie-Hélène Barbéris

Documentation & Support

Patrick Rotman

Director, Writer

Yvan Gaillard

Editor

Sylvère Kretzschmar

Assistant Editor

Hugo Bréant

Assistant Editor

Guillermo Fernandez

Color Grading

Nicolas Millon

Assistant Director

Michel Rotman

Executive Producer

Marie-Hélène Ranc

Line Producer

Sophie Krykwinski

Post-Production Manager

Serge Kochyne

Sound Designer

Roger Dupuis

Sound Editor

David Lassalle

Sound Recordist

Xavier Drouault

Foley

Brice Leyniat

Production Manager

Georges Lafitte

Mix Technician

Gaël Baillau

Graphic Designer