Charles de Gaulle
Acting Born: 1890-11-22 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 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.
Movies
La Rabbia
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
Cent jours
Black Is Beltza
The Extraordinary Seaman
A Grin Without a Cat
The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion
United We Stand
Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... Les Présidents et les Français
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World
The Lovely Month of May
The Phoney War
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Montreal Stories
Pétain, such a popular hero
Congrès de Tours 1920: The Birth of the French Communist Party
