Le Grand Charles

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Le Grand Charles
Written bySonia Moyersoen
Bernard Stora
Directed by Bernard Stora
Starring Bernard Farcy
Narrated by Bernard Stora
Theme music composerVincent Stora
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
Production
ProducersJean-Pierre Guérin
Véronique Marchat
Sarim Fassi
Cinematography Gérard de Battista
EditorJacques Comets
Running time210 minutes
Production companiesGMT Productions
France 2
Arte
Original release
Network France 2
Release27 March (2006-03-27) 
28 March 2006 (2006-03-28)

Le Grand Charles is a 2006 French television miniseries on the life of Charles de Gaulle from 1939 to 1959, written and directed by Bernard Stora.

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Accolades

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult
2006 Banff World Media Festival Best Mini-SeriesJean-Pierre Guérin & Bernard Stora Nominated
Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming TV series and Serials Bernard Stora Won
TV series and Serials: Actor Bernard Farcy Won
International Emmy Awards Best Actor Bernard FarcyNominated
Luchon International Film Festival Grand Prize History Bernard Stora Won


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