Saint Joan the Maid

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Saint Joan the Maid (1929)

Directed by Marco de Gastyne

Drama, History · 2h 05m

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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Cast

Simone Genevois Jeanne d'Arc Fernand Mailly La Hire Georges Paulais Nicolas Loyseleur Jean Debucourt Charles VII Philippe Hériat Gilles de Rays Gaston Modot Lord Glasdall Daniel Mendaille Lord Talbot Jean-Louis Allibert François Viguier Genica Athanasiou
L
Léonce Cargue
J
Jean Dalbe

Crew

Director
Marco de Gastyne
Writer
Jean-José Frappa
Director of Photography
Gaston Brun
Original Music Composer
Marc Delmas, Henri Février

Details

Original title
La Merveilleuse Vie de Jeanne d'Arc
Release date
1929-04-29
Runtime
2h 05m
Genres
Drama, History
Original language
XX
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
Germany, France
Production
Rapid Film, Pathé-Natan