Saint Joan the Maid

Saint Joan the Maid — Plot

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.

• Release date
• April 29, 1929
• Runtime
• 125 min
• Genres
• Drama, History
• Director
• Marco de Gastyne

Saint Joan the Maid — 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