Goldwyn Bets on French WW2 Epic ‘De Gaulle’ Crossing Over to U.S. Audiences: ‘It’s the Story of an Ally’

The first part of the historical saga, 'De Gaulle: Resistance,' was released in the U.S. this weekend, and has just sold to China.

By Elsa Keslassy

Elsa Keslassy

International Correspondent

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Antonin Baudry’s two-part World War II epic about Charles de Gaulle made its U.S. premiere Saturday at the American French Film Festival in Los Angeles, drawing a seven-minute standing ovation after both installments, each running more than two and a half hours, played back-to-back to packed audiences at the DGA Theater.

The €74 million production, starring Simon Abkarian as the French general and Simon Russell Beale as Winston Churchill, marks one of Pathé’s boldest gambles following “The Count of Monte Cristo” and the two-part “The Three Musketeers,” which were also distributed in the U.S. by Samuel Goldwyn Films.

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