De Gaulle - Part 1: Resistance / Bataille De Gaulle: Resistance, La

About the film

June, 1940. France collapses and signs the armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man refuses to give up. Alone against the odds, this unknown general flees to London to save what remains of freedom. Without an army, without backing, without hope. But with one irrational conviction -- France, his France, has not laid down arms. Taking the ultimate gamble, he seeks to convince the world that the battle for France is neither over, nor lost. Reality, however, is unyielding and seems determined to prove him wrong. Yet, little by little, resistance fighters, rebellious students and determined soldiers rise up in England, France and Africa to join the cause. Their faith, audacity and thirst for freedom defy what history seemed to have written in advance.

Simon Abkarian plays Charles de Gaulle in the first chapter of Antonin Baudry’s wartime epic. As France falls in June 1940, the general flees to London and wagers everything on building a resistance.

Directed by

ANTONIN BAUDRY

Starring

Simon Abkarian, SIMON RUSSELL BEALE

US release dates

1. Fri, Nov 6
   In theaters