De Gaulle: Liberté (2026)
Director: Antonin Baudry · Writers: Antonin Baudry, Bérénice Vila
Part two of a two-part biopic following French army officer Charles De Gaulle's life and political commitment between 1940 and 1945, and trace his development towards a political career.
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Director
Antonin Baudry
Cast
Simon Abkarian
Charles de Gaulle 
Niels Schneider
Général Leclerc 
Thierry Lhermitte
Henri Giraud 
Karim Leklou
Blazej 
Anamaria Vartolomei
Livia 
Simon Russell Beale
Winston Churchill 
Kacey Mottet Klein
Courcel 
Tom Mison
Anthony Eden 
Loïc Corbery
René Pleven 
Stéphane Varupenne
Georges Bidault 
Anthony Calf
Spears 
Noémie Schmidt
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With Darlan having been assassinated, and with the Nazis now firmly in control of Paris, Charles De Gaulle (Simon Abkarian) is operating out of a London in which he feels increasingly sidelined and imprisoned. Churchill (Sir Simon Russell Beale) is trying to coax him down a more acquiescing path with new military leader General Giraud (Thierry Lhermitte) whilst the distant President Roosevelt (Campbell Scott) is determined to see him marginalised. His only really allies are "Rex" (Félix Kysyl) who treads a very precarious line at home liaising with the resistance and the recently promoted General Leclerc (Niels Schneider) who is leading a small but courageous Free French force in Africa. De Gaulle is now fighting on multiple fronts against allies who don't trust him an against his own countrymen whose officially recognised government sees no role for him at all. His challenge is now to …
