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Saint Joan the Maid

Genres

Drama , History

Duration

125 min

Director

Marco de Gastyne

Rating

6.3

Release Date

April 28, 1929

Saint Joan the Maid

Original title: La Merveilleuse Vie de Jeanne d'Arc

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Synopsis Saint Joan the Maid

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.