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Saint Joan the Maid

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.

Top Cast

  • Simone Genevois

    Simone Genevois

    Jeanne d'Arc

  • Fernand Mailly

    Fernand Mailly

    La Hire

  • Georges Paulais

    Georges Paulais

    Nicolas Loyseleur

  • Jean Debucourt

    Jean Debucourt

    Charles VII

  • Philippe Hériat

    Philippe Hériat

    Gilles de Rays

  • Gaston Modot

    Gaston Modot

    Lord Glasdall

  • Daniel Mendaille

    Daniel Mendaille

    Lord Talbot

  • Jean-Louis Allibert

    Jean-Louis Allibert

  • François Viguier

    François Viguier

Overview

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.

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