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7.5 1h 32m

Ils voulaient tuer de Gaulle

Based on the model of documentary fiction (alternating period films, interviews and re-enactments with actors), the film begins on September 8, 1961 with the failure of the Pont-sur-Seine attack on a road convoy carrying Charles de Gaulle, then President of the Republic, and continues with the slow preparation, the occurrence and the consequences of the Petit-Clamart attack on August 22, 1962.

Top Cast

  • André Dussollier

    André Dussollier

    le narrateur

  • Olivier Lefevre

    Olivier Lefevre

  • Jean-Pierre Michael

    Jean-Pierre Michael

  • Fred Bianconi

    Fred Bianconi

  • Pierre-Arnaud Juin

    Pierre-Arnaud Juin

Overview

Based on the model of documentary fiction (alternating period films, interviews and re-enactments with actors), the film begins on September 8, 1961 with the failure of the Pont-sur-Seine attack on a road convoy carrying Charles de Gaulle, then President of the Republic, and continues with the slow preparation, the occurrence and the consequences of the Petit-Clamart attack on August 22, 1962.

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