Saint Joan the Maid

Saint Joan the Maid

6.3/102h 5m1929
Saint Joan the Maid

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.

Genres

DramaHistory

Production Companies

Rapid Film
Pathé-Natan

Additional Information

Original Title:La Merveilleuse Vie de Jeanne d'Arc
Original Language:No Language
Status:Released

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