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Film revisits De Gaulle’s wartime fight to lead Free France
Antonin Baudry’s film follows Charles de Gaulle as he tries to lead France’s resistance during the Second World War.
In 1940, shortly before France agreed to an armistice with Nazi Germany, De Gaulle fled to England with the aim of forming a Free France.
Winston Churchill supported De Gaulle, even though the French general had few people with him at first.
France was occupied, while the Vichy government worked with Germany; De Gaulle also faced pressure from powerful allies.
Franklin Roosevelt wanted Pétain to stay in power and considered making France a US protectorate, according to the film’s account.
The film examines these clashes over France’s future and suggests they echo issues in the present.
The film is showing in Brazilian cinemas during the French Film Festival and will arrive on Filmelier+ on November 19.
Antonin Baudry’s film “De Gaulle – A Free France” revisits Charles de Gaulle’s effort to lead Free France during the Second World War.
In 1940, De Gaulle fled to England a week before France signed an armistice with Nazi Germany.
The film portrays his struggle against the Nazi occupation, financial dependence on Britain and political pressure from the United States.
The two-part film runs for more than five hours and is based on a biography by historian Julian Jackson.
It is showing in Brazilian cinemas during the French Film Festival and is due to arrive on Filmelier+ on November 19.
- Who
- Charles de Gaulle, the French general who sought to lead Free France.
- What
- A film revisits his wartime struggle to lead Free France.
- When
- The story focuses on 1940; the film is scheduled to reach Filmelier+ on November 19.
- Where
- De Gaulle fled to England. The film is showing in cinemas in Brazil during the French Film Festival.
- Why
- De Gaulle sought to continue the fight against Nazi Germany and lead a Free France.
Charles de Gaulle
Franklin Roosevelt
Leadership of Free France
Charles de Gaulle
De Gaulle sought to lead Free France.
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt’s idea, according to the article, was to keep Pétain in power and make France a kind of US protectorate.
De Gaulle fled to England a week before France signed an armistice that placed the country under Nazi Germany’s control.
The film is showing in cinemas in Brazil during the festival.
The film is scheduled to arrive on Filmelier+.
- Director
- Antonin Baudry
- Production cost
- 75 million euros
- Length
- More than five hours across two parts
- Historical setting
- 1940
- Source biography
- Historian Julian Jackson’s biography of De Gaulle