Saint Joan (1957)

Regisseur:

Otto Preminger

Drehbuchautoren:

Graham Greene (writer)
George Bernard Shaw (play)

Premierendatum:

8. Mai 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Biographie | Drama

Plot:

Young Joan of Arc comes to the palace in France to make The Dauphin King of France and is appointed to head the French Army...

Plot Keywords:

Burned At The Stake | Female Protagonist | French Court | France | Heresy

Nutzerkommentare:

Did she hear Saints telling her to go to war? Were we right to rig a trial and kill her?

Besetzung

Richard Widmark	...	The Dauphin, Charles VII
Richard Todd	...	Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
Anton Walbrook	...	Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais
John Gielgud	...	Earl of Warwick
Felix Aylmer	...	Inquisitor
Archie Duncan	...	Robert de Baudricourt
Harry Andrews	...	John de Stogumber
Margot Grahame	...	Duchesse de la Tremouille
Barry Jones	...	De Courcelles
Francis De Wolff	...	La Tremouille
Finlay Currie	...	Archbishop of Rheims
Victor Maddern	...	English Soldier
Bernard Miles	...	Master Executioner
David Oxley	...	'Bluebeard',- Gilles de Rais
Patrick Barr	...	Captain La Hire

Alternativ:

Heilige Johanna, Die (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

110 Min

Produktionsland:

USA | UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

UK:U | West Germany:12 (f) | Finland:K-16

Drehorte:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Firma:

Wheel Productions

Dies und das:

Desmond Dickinson started as DoP but was replaced.

Dialogzitate:

The Dauphin, Charles VII: [after he is anointed and crowned in Rheims Cathedral] That holy oil Joan talked about is rancid.
Archbishop of Rheims: Your Majesty, that oil is nearly a thousand years old. It was brought by an angel to King Clovis.
The Dauphin, Charles VII: Well, no doubt it was fresher then.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in The Closer You Get (2000)

Did she hear Saints telling her to go to war? Were we right to rig a trial and kill her?

Savaged when it came out, this film now looks handsome and sounds great. A feast of intelligent thoughtful acting, from Gielgud, Kenneth Haigh, Harry Andrews and especially Anton Walbrook,and a moving central performance from the beautiful and incredibly young Jean Seberg. Preminger doesn't jump around and show off- his long slow takes encourage you to listen and reflect, and Graham Greene's script condenses Shaw without sacrificing complexity.The piece has the look of a made for TV movie, and is certainly studio bound but none the worse for that. Too many contemporary movies on 'historical' themes cannot resist dumbing down. What would Mel Gibson have made of the Maid? Many drooling shots of her on the rack probably, then crisping up on the BBQ as the flames take hold. Preminger does none of this. The burning is shown mainly through a guilt-stricken reaction. There are a few weak performances, but not enough to cause any serious damage. I caught this movie on TV and was not expecting to watch it through, but I was gripped . In our age of religious fundamentalism and sacrifice, Joan's story has unexpected resonance.