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Saint Joan

  • 19571957
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  • 1h 50m
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6.4/10
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Saint Joan (1957)
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In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the seventeen-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the French Army, and ultimately burned her... Read allIn 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the seventeen-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the French Army, and ultimately burned her at the stake as a heretic.In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the seventeen-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the French Army, and ultimately burned her at the stake as a heretic.
IMDb RATING
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1.2K
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    • Otto Preminger
    • Graham Greene
    • George Bernard Shaw(play)
  • Stars
    • Richard Widmark
    • Richard Todd
    • Anton Walbrook
    • Otto Preminger
    • Graham Greene
    • George Bernard Shaw(play)
  • Stars
    • Richard Widmark
    • Richard Todd
    • Anton Walbrook
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    • 19User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    Jean Seberg in Saint Joan (1957)
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    Richard Widmark
    Richard Widmark
    • The Dauphin, Charles VII
    Richard Todd
    Richard Todd
    • Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
    Anton Walbrook
    Anton Walbrook
    • Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais
    John Gielgud
    John Gielgud
    • Earl of Warwick
    Felix Aylmer
    Felix Aylmer
    • Inquisitor
    Archie Duncan
    Archie Duncan
    • Robert de Baudricourt
    Harry Andrews
    Harry Andrews
    • John de Stogumber
    Margot Grahame
    Margot Grahame
    • Duchesse de la Tremouille
    Barry Jones
    Barry Jones
    • De Courcelles
    Francis De Wolff
    Francis De Wolff
    • La Tremouille
    Finlay Currie
    Finlay Currie
    • Archbishop of Rheims
    Victor Maddern
    Victor Maddern
    • English Soldier
    Bernard Miles
    Bernard Miles
    • Master Executioner
    David Oxley
    David Oxley
    • 'Bluebeard',- Gilles de Rais
    Patrick Barr
    Patrick Barr
    • Captain La Hire
    Sydney Bromley
    Sydney Bromley
    • Baudricourt's Steward
    Kenneth Haigh
    Kenneth Haigh
    • Brother Martin Ladvenu
    David Langton
    David Langton
    • Captain of Warwick's Guard
      • Otto Preminger
      • Graham Greene
      • George Bernard Shaw(play)
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    • Trivia
      Audrey Hepburn was originally offered the role of Joan. Rumor had it she turned it down because her husband, Mel Ferrer, wasn't offered the role of the Dauphin, but Ferrer denied this.
    • Goofs
      When Joan and the King stand by the river rallying the troops, the infantry men come running down the hill to join them. One of them falls on his face.
    • Quotes

      Inquisitor: [after condemning Joan to death by fire] It's a terrible thing to see a young and innocent creature crushed between the Church and the Law.

      Cauchon: You call her innocent?

      Inquisitor: Quite innocent, she didn't understand a word we were saying.

    • Alternate versions
      Also available in computer colorized version (Hal Roach VHS)
    • Connections
      Featured in The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)

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    yet another Joan
    This version by Otto Preminger is based on the play by Bernard Shaw, in which the ghost of Joan of Arc appears to Charles VII years after her execution. We then see in flashback how the young maid led the soldiers to victory at Orleans and made the Dauphin king, and how she was later betrayed by nobles, church, and soldiers alike.

    Jean Seberg plays Joan as a very modern looking, very young girl who questions everything she sees and is at first tolerated and then shunned and feared. Richard Widmark is perhaps too comic as the Dauphin and comes across as miscast, while John Gielgud is reliable as Warwick, the English kingmaker. Other key roles are played by Anton Walbrook, Harry Andrews, Finlay Currie, and Richard Todd.

    This version of the Joan of Arc tale has a greater feel of realism that the 40s version with Ingrid Bergman, but I rate the silent versions 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' and 'Joan the Woman' higher. Although Seberg puts across a fine performance as Joan, she can't hold a candle to Falconetti in particular.
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    • Apr 17, 2004

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    • Release date
      • May 8, 1957 (United States)
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Wheel Productions
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    • 1 hour 50 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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