TV series

Le Grand Charles

2006 · 1 season

A stately, talk-heavy historical portrait that rewards patience with a sense of a towering figure shaped by war and politics.

Overview: Le Grand Charles was a 2006 French TV-drama on the life of Charles de Gaulle from 1939 to 1959, written and directed by Bernard Stora. De Gaulle was played by Bernard Farcy, Winston Churchill by David Ryall, and Franklin D. Roosevelt by Robert Hardy. Other actors in the cast included Dominic Gould, Sam Spiegel and Jay Benedict.
How it feels: Earnest, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Politics, war, power, identity
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
war
power
identity
loyalty
Places: big city
military
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild