"Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A plot twist. Politician. General De Gaulle's shadow. Overwhelmed by the weight of power. The numerous exploits of André Malraux (1901-1976)."
Laurent Poitrenaux
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Olivier Todd
as Self - Writer
Charles-Louis Foulon
as Self - Historian
Vincent Martigny
as Self - Political Scientist
Pascal Ory
Maryvonne de Saint-Pulgent
as Self - Politician
Catherine Tasca
François de Saint-Chéron
as Self - Author
Alain Malraux
as Self - Malraux's Adoptive Son
André Malraux
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Michel Debré
Jacqueline Kennedy
as Self - USA First Lady (archive footage)
Marc Chagall
as Self - Painter (archive footage)
Mao Zedong
Jean Genet
François Truffaut
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Jean-Pierre Léaud
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Xavier Villetard
Director
Georges-Marc Benamou
Producer
Jérôme Clément-Wilz
Gréco Casadesus
Original Music Composer
Cécile Niderman
Researcher
Olivier Raffet
Director of Photography
Anne Klotz
Editor
Writer
Gaspard Baudry
Sound Engineer
Bruno Lagoarde
Sound Mixer
Nancy-Emmanuelle Gille
Production Director
Antoine Rodet
Isabelle Laclau
Color Grading