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Joan of Arc
Greatest of all spectacles!
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army, and conquers Orleans.
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CinemaSerf
Jul 9, 2022 · via TMDB
Whatever you do, try to avoid the dreadfully hacked version of this - the original version; coming in at just under 2½ hours is far, far better. That said, however - it still isn't all that great. Ingrid Bergman doesn't so much act as Joan of Arc, she suggests quite strongly that Joan of Arc would have been just like her! The pained, saintly expression coupled with the rousing battle cries and heartfelt pleading make it hard to imagine the real woman could have been anything but! José Ferrer expertly plays the, duplicitous, selfish monarch who'd betray his own mother for a sou in a creepily magnetic fashion and, of course, Francis L. Sullivan is super as the presiding Bishop Cauchon serving whichever master suits him best so long as our heroine goes to the flames. The rest of the cast rather underperform though: Ward Bond, Gene Lockhart and Cecil Kellaway are fish out of water and Lief Erickson is frankly dreadful in the quite pivotal role of Dunois. The writing is dreary; way too wordy. The ensemble performances never seem to set foot out of doors, which renders the battle scene largely ineffective and the trial scenes are just all too bitty to establish any genuine sense of the threat she was under during this corrupt trial. Maybe it needed Cecil B. De Mille to take the grand scale cinematography to it - the story certainly merits it; but this is uncomfortably constricted and too physically theatrical. The costumes are glorious, though, and the lighting does go some way to compensate for the rigidity the production. Well worth watching, but it could have been much better had Victor Fleming had more imagination.
John Chard
Jan 5, 2020 · via TMDB
But if I had a hundred fathers and a hundred mothers, I could not go back. I must go forward now. In the Fifteenth Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. Up steps a teenage farm girl who claims to hear voices from heaven telling her to lead God's army against Orleans and to crown the weak Dauphin Charles VII as the King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army and advances on Orleans - from here real history is formed in all its heroic and tragic glory... Savaged by some critics, cut by the studio to various run times, it really is a case of asking film fans to at least see the now readily available full 145 minute version to give it a fair trial. Starring Ingrid Bergman in the title role and directed by a clearly fawning Victor Fleming (he takes every single opportunity to focus on Bergman's natural beauty), it's unfortunately a mixture of a stirring historical epic with over theatrical stage bound theatricals. Bergman, although surrounded by a great array of superlative supporting players, carries the lead role with aplomb. She clearly dives into the role with a passion of some distinction and film lovers are rewarded with a performance of great depth and feeling, none more so with the sequences in the last tragic quarter of the pic. The screenplay by Maxwell Anderson and Andrew Holt (based on the play "Joan of Lorraine") is beautifully written, with dialogue passages that stir the blood whilst holding court. For some the literate passages may come off as long winded, even tedious, but in Bergman's hands they hopefully will entice the masses in the way that "The Maid of Orleans" actually did. 7.5/10
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Ingrid Bergman
Joan of Arc
Francis L. Sullivan
Pierre Cauchon, Count-Bishop of Beauvais
J. Carrol Naish
John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
Ward Bond
La Hire
Shepperd Strudwick
Father Massieu, Joan's Bailiff
Gene Lockhart
Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor
John Emery
Jean, Duke d'Alencon, cousin of Charles
Leif Erickson
Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
Cecil Kellaway
Jean le Maistre, Inquisitor of Rouen
José Ferrer
The Dauphin, Charles VII, later King of France
Selena Royle
Isabelle d'Arc, Joan's Mother
Robert Barrat
Jacques d'Arc, Joan's Father
Jimmy Lydon
Pierre d'Arc, Joan's younger brother
Rand Brooks
Jean d'Arc, Joan's older brother
Roman Bohnen
Durand Laxart, Joan's Uncle
Irene Rich
Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
Nestor Paiva
Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
Richard Derr
Jean de Metz, a knight
Ray Teal
Bertrand de Poulengy, a squire
David Bond
Jean Fournier, Curé of Vaucouleurs
George Zucco
Constable of Clervaux
George Coulouris
Sir Robert de Baudricourt, Governor of Vaucouleurs
Nicholas Joy
Regnault de Chartres, Archbishop of Rheims and Chancellor of France
Richard Ney
Charles de Bourbon, Duke de Clermont
John Ireland
Jean de la Boussac (St. Sevére), Captain
Henry Brandon
Giles de Rais, Captain
Morris Ankrum
Poton de Xaintrailles, Captain
Thomas Browne Henry
Raoul de Gaucourt, Captain
Gregg Barton
Louis de Culan, Captain
Ethan Laidlaw
Jean d'Aulon, Joan's squire
Hurd Hatfield
Father Pasquerel, Joan's Chaplain
Frederick Worlock
Duke of Bedford, England's Regent
Dennis Hoey
Sir William Glasdale
Colin Keith-Johnston
Philip, Duke of Burgundy
Mary Currier
Jeanne, Countess of Luxembourg
Roy Roberts
Wandamme, a Burgundian Captain
Taylor Holmes
The Bishop of Avranches
Alan Napier
Earl of Warwick
Philip Bourneuf
Jean d'Estivet, a Prosecutor
Aubrey Mather
Jean de La Fontaine
Herbert Rudley
Isambard de la Pierre
Frank Puglia
Nicolas de Houppeville, judge
William Conrad
Guillaume Erard, a Prosecutor
John Parrish
Jean Beaupere, a judge
Houseley Stevenson
The Cardinal of Winchester
Jeff Corey
Joan's prison guard
Bill Kennedy
Thierache, Joan's Executioner
Eve Whitney
Court Lady / Camp Follower
Chuck Hamilton
Jean de Honeycourt
Julia Faye
Townswoman
John Benson
Man
Herbert Evans
Bailiff (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
Peasant #3 (uncredited)
Everett Glass
Judge Anselene (uncredited)
Eula Guy
Woman at Inn (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Soldier #3 (uncredited)
Lee Miller
Colet de Vienne / Townsman / French Soldier (uncredited)
Manuel París
Judge Chatillon (uncredited)
Russell Simpson
Old Man with Pipe (uncredited)
Richard Alexander
Man on Boulevard (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Peasant (uncredited)
Natalie Kalmus
Other
Dorothy Jeakins
Costume Design
Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
Slavko Vorkapich
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Victor Fleming
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