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De Gaulle

It's becauseof back-room generals like you that we have lost!

It's because
of back-room generals like you that we have lost!

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It's because of back-room generals like you
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that we have lost!
Duration
5 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
01:13:08
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
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Movie Summary

Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France. Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne, his wife, finds herself with her three children on the road of the exodus.
My house was bombed, my husband taken prisoner! - De Gaulle 00:04
My house was bombed, my husband taken prisoner!
I've had enough of this war! Enough! - De Gaulle 00:04
I've had enough of this war! Enough!
Let us go home and stop the bloodshed! - De Gaulle 00:05
Let us go home and stop the bloodshed!
There was a time, when he would not have backed down. - De Gaulle 00:05
There was a time, when he would not have backed down.
Marshal Pétain has always dreamed of shattering the Republic. - De Gaulle 00:05
Marshal Pétain has always dreamed of shattering the Republic...
So now, donning the halo of his past glory, - De Gaulle 00:07
So now, donning the halo of his past glory,
You know him well. You served under him. - De Gaulle 00:05
You know him well. You served under him.
I even ghostwrote military theories for him. - De Gaulle 00:05
I even ghostwrote military theories for him.
In that dedication, I praised him to the heavens. - De Gaulle 00:05
In that dedication, I praised him to the heavens.
My message of resistance must be echoed and repeated. - De Gaulle 00:05
My message of resistance must be echoed and repeated.
That's the only way to save the future of France - De Gaulle 00:06
That's the only way to save the future of France
What I like about you - De Gaulle 00:06
What I like about you
Are you a madman - De Gaulle 00:05
Are you a madman
I'm a minor brigadier general, - De Gaulle 00:09
I'm a minor brigadier general,
Because I won't give in to Hitler. - De Gaulle 00:04
Because I won't give in to Hitler.
Not one soldier, - De Gaulle 00:06
Not one soldier,
Mr. Churchill, - De Gaulle 00:06
Mr. Churchill,
But your speaking out, - De Gaulle 00:07
But your speaking out,
Dialogue with the defeated, if that's in your interest right now, - De Gaulle 00:10
Dialogue with the defeated, if that's in your interest ...
Actually, you're neither a madman nor a genius. - De Gaulle 00:05
Actually, you're neither a madman nor a genius.