Goldwyn Bets on French WW2 Epic ‘De Gaulle’ Crossing Over to U.S. Audiences

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According to Variety, Antonin Baudry's €74 million World War II epic about Charles de Gaulle made its U.S. premiere on Saturday at the American French Film Festival in Los Angeles. The two-part production, with each installment running over two and a half hours, played back-to-back to packed audiences at the DGA Theater, drawing a seven-minute standing ovation. Starring Simon Abkarian as the French general and Simon Russell Beale as Winston Churchill, the production marks one of Pathé's boldest gambles following 'The Count of Monte Cristo' and 'The Three Musketeers,' distributed in the U.S. by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Additionally, the first part of the historical saga, 'De Gaulle: Resistance,' was released in the U.S. this weekend and has just been sold to China.