Saint Joan the Maid

The story

This relatively straightforward dramatic biography was one of two films commissioned to honor Joan of Arc on the 500th anniversary of her death, but it was soon undeservedly relegated to obscurity in favor of Carl Dreyer's triumphant 'La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc'. The comparison is unfair: Dreyer was an artist, but director Marco de Gastyne certainly proved himself a distinguished craftsman, and his emphasis on the Maid of Orléans early life in Domrémy serves as a picturesque, matching bookend to Dreyer's impassioned courtroom drama.

Cast

S Simone GenevoisJeanne d'Arc F Fernand MaillyLa Hire G Georges PaulaisNicolas Loyseleur J Jean DebucourtCharles VII P Philippe HériatGilles de Rays G Gaston ModotLord Glasdall D Daniel MendailleLord Talbot J Jean-Louis Allibert F François Viguier G Genica Athanasiou L Léonce Cargue J Jean Dalbe

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P Pierre Denols C Choura Milena M Mary Serta J Jean-Pierre Stock