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The Lark (1958)

The Lark poster
Directed by
William Sterling
Country
Australia
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film is a TV adaptation of a play by Jean Anouilh. It dramatizes the trial of Joan of Arc.

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What happens

The Lark is a 1958 Australian TV version of the 1952 Jean Anouilh play of the same title. According to The Age it opened "a new era in TV drama production in Melbourne." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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