Le Grand Charles is a 2006 French TV Mini-Series on the life of Charles de Gaulle from 1939 to 1959, written and directed by Bernard Stora.
This
feature tracks Charles De Gaulle's career from 1939 to 1959, mixing
fiction and archives. It gives an overall interpretation of his
personality, his political tricks, and of his intimacy, especially with
his family (wife and children). On obviously a not easy subject, Bernard
Stora managed to make a credible feature. Bernard Farcy, not trying to
imitate the "great man", gives an honest acting. But, strangely enough,
the best characters (and very close to the originals) are in the second
roles, especially Churchill and Malraux. On the negative side, the
choice of shooting fiction on video (HD) does not seem the best choice,
especially because it does not match with archive footage; besides,
fiction images are very ugly compared to archive images.