Joan of Arc

1948 145 min ★ 6.1 Drama, History

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.

Cast

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

Details

Director

Victor Fleming

Screenplay

Maxwell Anderson

Tagline

"Greatest of all spectacles!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Walter Wanger Productions, Sierra Pictures

Reviews

J

John Chard

January 5, 2020

★ 7/10

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 ...

C

CinemaSerf

July 9, 2022

★ 6/10

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 hea...