Saint Joan the Maid (1929)
1929 · Feature film · 125 min · dir. Marco de Gastyne
- Drama
- History
Synopsis
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…
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Details
- Director
- Marco de Gastyne
- Writer
- Jean-José Frappa
- Composer
- Marc Delmas
- Cinematography
- Gaston Brun
- Studio
- Rapid Film, Pathé-Natan
- Released
- 1929-04-29
- Original title
- La Merveilleuse Vie de Jeanne d'Arc
- Running time
- 125 minutes
Cast & crew
- Marco de Gastyne Director
Simone Genevois
Fernand Mailly
Georges Paulais
Jean Debucourt
Philippe Hériat
Gaston Modot
Daniel Mendaille
Jean-Louis Allibert
