
Saint Joan the Maid
Drama · History
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Simone Genevois
Simone Genevois
Jeanne d'Arc
Simone Genevois
Jeanne d'Arc


Fernand Mailly
Fernand Mailly
La Hire
Fernand Mailly
La Hire


Georges Paulais
Georges Paulais
Nicolas Loyseleur
Georges Paulais
Nicolas Loyseleur


Jean Debucourt
Jean Debucourt
Charles VII
Jean Debucourt
Charles VII


Philippe Hériat
Philippe Hériat
Gilles de Rays
Philippe Hériat
Gilles de Rays


Gaston Modot
Gaston Modot
Lord Glasdall
Gaston Modot
Lord Glasdall


Daniel Mendaille
Daniel Mendaille
Lord Talbot
Daniel Mendaille
Lord Talbot


Jean-Louis Allibert
Jean-Louis Allibert
Jean-Louis Allibert


François Viguier
François Viguier
François Viguier


Genica Athanasiou
Genica Athanasiou
Genica Athanasiou
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