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Charles de Gaulle
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Life & Death

Died aged 79
GenderMaleNationalityFranceBorn22/11/1890Born inLille, FranceDied09/11/1970 (aged 79)Died inColombey-les-Deux-ÉglisesCauseaneurysmWikidataQ2042 ↗Buried atgrave of Charles de GaulleTMDb#1141815 ↗

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France. Following the 1958 Algiers putsch, he came out of retirement at the request of President René Coty, who appointed him Prime Minister.

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Filmography32 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2025Sacrée SécuMovieSelf (voice archive)135
2023Jean Moulin, cet illustre méconnuMovieSelf (archive footage)133
2022The Century of IconsSeriesSelf (archive footage)132
2022Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the WorldMovieSelf - Politician (archive footage)132
2022Cent joursMovieSelf132
2021The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's PassionMovieSelf (archive footage)131
2021Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the WestSeriesSelf (archive footage)131
2021François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love StoryMovieSelf (archive footage)131
2021Jacques Tati, tombé de la luneMovie—131
2020A Night at the OperaMovieSelf (archive footage)130
202070 Years of Youth RevoltSeriesSelf (archive footage)130
2020Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploiMovieSelf (archive footage)130
2019Brexit: The Uncivil WarMovieSelf (archive footage)129
2018Black Is BeltzaMovieSelf (voice) (archive footage)128
2017De Gaulle, the Last King of FranceMovieSelf (archive footage)127
2017The Vietnam WarSeriesSelf - Politician (archive footage)127
2016Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du papeMovieSelf (archive footage)126
2010De Gaulle and the Free French in World War IIMovieSelf (archive footage)120
2010Foccart, l'homme qui dirigeait l'AfriqueMovieSelf (archive footage)120
2008The Resistance: Live Free or DieMovieself118
1997Le chemin du RoyMovieCharles de Gaulle107
1994The World of PolygoonMovieSelf (archive footage)104
1981The Killing of AmericaMovieSelf (archive footage)91
1969The Extraordinary SeamanMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)79
1969God Chose ParisMovieSelf (archive footage)79
1963EspionageSeriesSelf (archive footage)73
1963La RabbiaMovieSelf (archive footage)73
1949Crusade in EuropeSeriesSelf (archive footage)59
1944A Salute to FranceMovieSelf (archive footage)54
1943Why We Fight: Divide and ConquerMovieSelf - with Churchill and FDR (archive footage)53
1942United We StandMovieSelf (archive footage)52
0Mai 68, dix semaines qui ébranlèrent la FranceMovieCharles de Gaulle (Self)—