First Look Teaser for Dual ‘De Gaulle’ Movies Starring Simon Abkarian

by Alex Billington
December 15, 2025
Source: YouTube

“When our hearts go boom, the whole world goes boom, and stirs up rage.” France’s Path revealed an epic teaser for a dual set of movies about the iconic French president Charles de Gaulle. Yes – the same man that the Paris airport is named after. French filmmaker Antonin Baudry directs two back-to-back movies called De Gaulle: Tilting Iron & De Gaulle: The Sovereign Edge which will arrive in French theaters next summer – in June & July. Literally back-to-back, which is the proper way to do it when you have two movies like this (instead of waiting or year or two inbetween them). A two-part film about Charles de Gaulle – a French general & statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany & Vichy France in WWII and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France. The two films will follow De Gaulle’s life & political commitment between 1940 and 1945, and trace his development towards a political career. Starring Simon Abkarian as de Gaulle, with a huge ensemble cast including Simon Russell Beale, Florian Lesieur, Benoît Magimel, Mathieu Kassovitz, Loïc Corbery de la Comédie-Française, Anamaria Vartolomei, Niels Schneider, Félix Kysyl, & Karim Leklou. Have a look below.

Here’s the first look teaser trailer (+ poster) or Antonin Baudry’s De Gaulle films, direct from YouTube:

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. Without an army, without backing, without hope. But with one irrational conviction – France, his France, has not laid down arms. Taking the ultimate gamble, he seeks to convince the world that the battle for France is neither over, nor lost. Reality, however, is unyielding and seems determined to prove him wrong. Yet, little by little, resistance fighters, rebellious students and determined soldiers rise up in England, France and Africa to join the cause. Their faith, audacity and thirst for freedom defy what history seemed to have written in advance. De Gaulle: Tilting Iron & De Gaulle: The Sovereign Edge aka La Bataille de Gaulle: L’âge de fer & La Bataille de Gaulle: J’écris ton nom (in French) are both directed by French filmmaker Antonin Baudry, following his feature directorial debut The Wolf’s Call in 2019. The scripts are written by Bérénice Vila and Antonin Baudry. Based on the book De Gaulle: A Certain Idea of France from Julian Jackson. Produced by Axelle Boucaï & Pathe. Pathe will debut De Gaulle: Tilting Iron in French cinemas on June 10th, 2026 + The Sovereign Edge on July 3rd, 2026 in the summer. Anyone want to watch these?

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