Saint Joan the Maid (1929)
Drama · History
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.
Cast
- Simone Genevois as Jeanne d'Arc
- Fernand Mailly as La Hire
- Georges Paulais as Nicolas Loyseleur
- Jean Debucourt as Charles VII
- Philippe Hériat as Gilles de Rays
- Gaston Modot as Lord Glasdall
- Daniel Mendaille as Lord Talbot
- Jean-Louis Allibert
- François Viguier
- Genica Athanasiou