De Gaulle: Résistance (2026)

June 3, 2026 (FR) • History, Drama • 160m

Overview

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.

Director

Antonin Baudry

Writers

Antonin Baudry, Bérénice Vila

Top Billed

Simon Abkarian

Keywords

france charles de gaulle

Where to watch

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Top Billed Cast

Simon Abkarian

Charles de Gaulle

Simon Russell Beale

Winston Churchill

Florian Lesieur

Fernand

Benoît Magimel

Koenig

Mathieu Kassovitz

Darlan

Loïc Corbery

Pleven

Anamaria Vartolomei

Livia

Niels Schneider

Général Leclerc

Félix Kysyl

Jean Moulin/Rex

Karim Leklou

Blazej

Tom Mison

Anthony Eden

Kacey Mottet Klein

Courcel

Campbell Scott

Roosevelt

Grégoire Colin

D'Argenlieu

Daniel Betts

Eisenhower

Pip Torrens

Montgomery

Stephen Campbell Moore

Macmillan

Anthony Calf

Spears

David Clark

Général américain

Tom Neal

Préfet Amgot

Sami Ameziane

Raymond Dronne

Pablo Cobo

Colonel Passy

Soufiane El Khalidy

Koenig Soldier

Christophe Kourotchkine

Nigel Whitmey

Général Gerow

Andrea Dolente

Giuseppe

Noémie Schmidt

Susan Travers

Trevor White

Harry Hopkins

Matt Rippy

Frank McSherry

Valentin Paumard

Un marin

Amy Alexander

Anna Roosevelt

Guy Oliver-Watts

Lord Halifax

Adèle Jayle

Yvonne de Gaulle

Gaëtan Garcia

Dan Kadosh

Camerini

Chaïm Feroleto

Pierre, le frère de Livia

Alain Libolt

Maréchal Pétain

Vincent Fontano

Félix Éboué

Karen Westwood

Clementine Churchill

Crew

Antonin Baudry

Director

Antonin Baudry

Screenplay

Elsa Pharaon

Casting

Pierre Cottereau

Director of Photography

Fabrice Aurigny

Unit Manager

Solène Boulanger

Unit Manager

Hebel Emilie

Assistant Production Manager

Antoine Espagne

Location Manager

Lorraine Faure

Transportation Captain

David Lemenan

Unit Production Manager

Patrice Marchand

Line Producer

Stéphane Riga

Executive In Charge Of Production

Raphaël Santarelli

Location Manager

Hugues Sauvagnac

Location Manager

Michel Vieu

Location Manager

Faustine Chevrin

Third Assistant Director

Romain Hervieux

Second Assistant Director

Charlie Thiltges

Third Assistant Director

Pierre-Emmanuel Chatiliez

Storyboard Artist

Ludovic Jardiné

Props

Alison Naudin

Painter

Uriel Zylberman

Props

Jamel Blissat

Stunts

Tom Pannetier

Stunts

Céline Richard

Stunts

Tanguy Goasguen

Additional Grip

Antoine Lagarde

Drone Pilot

Antoine Machon

Drone Operator

Frédéric Tournant

Costume Coordinator

Magali Magnan

Assistant Editor

Oussama Mountassir

Third Assistant Director

Hamza Boumalki

First Assistant Director

Virginie Jousset

Second Assistant Director

Marianne Arsa

First Assistant Art Direction

Capucine Brisset

Graphic Designer

Claire Moreux

Graphic Designer

Alison Naudin

Standby Painter

Mylene Riccardi

Property Master

Juan Ramón Molina

Special Effects Supervisor

Pascal Molina

Mechanical Designer

Tarik Belmekki

Stunts

Agnès Geminet

Stunts

Lucile Perez

Stunts

Aitoufqir Rida

Stunts

Guy Ferrandis

Still Photographer

Amine Kasmi

Second Assistant Camera

Rachid Aadassi

Costume Supervisor

Sandrine Bourgoin

Script Supervisor

Benoît Barouh

Production Design

Dévi Tirouvanziam

Set Decoration

Mélodie Ras

Makeup Artist

Mathis Dujardin

Additional Third Assistant Director

Axelle Boucaï

Producer

Etienne Bacci

Additional Second Assistant Camera

Gaspard Cresp

Additional First Assistant Camera

Eric Fontenelle

Additional Grip

Ronald Hersey

Camera Operator

Naoufal Lamkealal

Grip

Aziz Lechgar

First Assistant Camera

Jean Legrand

First Assistant Camera

Johanne Lidy

Camera Trainee

Sophie Patalano

Second Assistant Camera

Louise Reignier

Digital Imaging Technician

Romain Duquesne

Additional First Assistant Camera

Marie-Sylvie Caillierez

Casting Director

Antonia Dauphin

Casting

Cecile Vatelot

Set Decoration

Laurence Chalou

Costume Design

Misiri Patricia Patou

Hairstylist

Thibaut Bonifassi-Mougeolle

Assistant Accountant

Lucie Bourzam

Administration

Guillaume Carré

First Assistant Accountant

Morgan Helou

First Assistant Accountant

Tarik Ait Ben Ali

First Assistant Director

Yann Mari Faget

First Assistant Director

Angélique Burin des Roziers

Third Assistant Director

Jules Derval

Third Assistant Director

Ivan Le Goff

First Assistant Director

Marion Gourvest

Assistant Director

Alice Pic

Second Assistant Director

Sunshine Perret

Third Assistant Director

Mohammed Hamza Regragui

Second Assistant Director

Axelle Rossini

Second Assistant Director

Emmaalouise Smith

Second Assistant Director

Youssef Tanagi

Second Assistant Director

Sylvain Thomasson

Second Assistant Director

Grégory Troy

First Assistant Director

Thierry Verrier

First Assistant Director

Lucile Bossuet-Jacquet

Assistant Property Master

Abdou Alaoui

Property Master

Brahim Ait Belkas

Boom Operator

Mohamed Waaziz

Boom Operator

Diego F. Urruzola

Special Effects Technician

Serge Beuchat

Stunts

Amadéo Cazzela

Stunts

Roxane Baudin

Casting Assistant

Marie-Sylvie Caillierez

Casting Associate

Clémence Joly

Extras Casting Assistant

Franzo Curcio

Extras Casting

Anne Fremiot

Extras Casting

Lucie Perraudin

Extras Casting

Claire Pouzaud

Extras Casting Assistant

Julian T. Jackson

Book

Bérénice Vila

Screenplay

Guy Courtecuisse

Post-Production Manager

Louis Leger

Assistant Production Manager

Jérôme Seydoux

Producer

Ardavan Safaee

Producer

Stéphane Riga

Executive Producer

Sébastien Didelot

Unit Production Manager

Volker Bertelmann

Original Music Composer

Anna Roelants

Additional Script Supervisor

Collection

La Bataille de Gaulle (Collection)

De Gaulle: Résistance

De Gaulle: Liberté

Reviews

CinemaSerf

⭐ 7/10

September 3, 2026

Though it does leave it until the end, Antonin Baudry does put up a disclaimer acknowledging that there's a fair degree of cinematic licence been taken with this depiction of the rise of Charles de Gaulle from upstart provincial soldier to leader of the Free French during the Nazi occupation of his country. We start in 1940 with France effectively partitioned. The Vichy - under the government of Marshal Petain is in the South and it is trying keep what it can of it's territory from their invaders - at just about any price. De Gaulle (Simon Abkarian) has escaped to London and views them all as capitulators unworthy to claim any rights to the leadership of the French people, but his views have little traction at home or abroad. Meantime, British Prime Minister Churchill (Sir Simon Russell Beale) needs to stop the substantial French fleet from falling into enemy hands - but Admiral Darlan (Mathieu Kasovitz) seems unlikely to just hand it over to the British who are now the only power left in Europe resisting the Führer and his henchmen. Might de Gaulle be a weapon Churchill can employ? He's a formidable speaker after all. Well, he concludes that he hasn't actually got very much to lose so he recognises him as leader of his nation and leaves him to galvanise what he can from his sceptical compatriots amidst fury from Petain and Darlan. What now ensues illustrates how by sheer force of personality this man tried to secure the support of the colonies in Africa like Chad and Cameroon; to secure access to the port of Dakar for the Americans - who may, or may not, be considering entering the war and, of course, fighting a fairly constant rearguard action against those who would scheme to depose him - especially when things go wrong (and they do!). Simultaneously, back in Paris there is a young provacteur called Fernand (Florian Lesieur) who is trying to raise some sort of fighting spirit amongst his fellow citizens, but is facing a sea of indifference from a population that hasn't, thus far, really seen any edge to the presence of the Swastika and who are inclined to just keep their heads down. Can he manage to kickstart some sort of public opposition to not just their visitors but also to the Vichy administration that left them all in the lurch in the first place? Abkarian is on very convincing form as the bloody-minded and determined soldier who proves adaptable and obnoxious in equal measure and the scenes he has with Sir Simon's equally rumbunctious and sartorially adventurous Churchill speculate, for sure, but give us an indication that allies they might have been but allied - well not necessarily! It also showcases the lesser-known but vital contribution of a modest French force in North Africa as Rommel advanced on Tobruk and that sequence shows off some of this film's solid production standards and Benoît Magimel's depiction of battle-hardened General Koenig fits in well with this film's overall emphasis on the characterisation of the individuals concerned as the war begins to look even more ominous for a free European continent. If you watched Edward Berger's "All Quiet on the Western Front" (2022) then you might appreciate that many of these familiar events are being told from a perspective we rarely see and that when considered in that context, this gives us some idea of just how tough it was and though the enemy of my enemy might be my friend, agreement is neither guaranteed nor even always wanted when interests clash. Interestingly, this rather suggests a relationship between Churchill and US President Roosevelt that I doubt either would be especially proud of, or acknowledging of, and it tees things up for a second part that must see both having to deal with this man as an equal in a part two that must see his quest for political power take shape.

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