Saint Joan (1957)

Directed by

Otto Preminger

Genre

drama film, war film, biographical film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the life of Joan of Arc, a young French woman who leads armies and is eventually put on trial. The story is framed by a flashback that begins with the final moments of her journey.

dramaticreflectivehistoricalsoberingintimatedeliberateemotionalearnest

What happens

Saint Joan (also called Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan) is a 1957 historical drama film adapted from the 1923 George Bernard Shaw play of the same title about the life of Joan of Arc. The restructured screenplay by Graham Greene, directed by Otto Preminger, begins with the play's last scene, which then becomes the springboard for a long flashback, from which the main story is told. At the end of the flashback, the film then returns to the play's final scene, which then continues through to the end. This was the film debut of actress Jean Seberg, who won a talent search conducted by Preminger that reportedly tested more than 18,000 young women for the role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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