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Saint Joan (1957)
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303118123
Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6303118127
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Running Time: 110 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 08, 1957
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Editorial Review:
Young Joan of Arch comes to the palace in France to make The Dauphin King of France and is appointed to head the French Army. After winning many battles she is not needed any longer and soon she is thought of as a witch and sentenced to burn at the stake.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - La Pucelle, the Maid
Saint Joan premiered in London on May 26, 1924. Written by Irish playwright, George Bernard Shaw, Saint Joan was adapted to film by Graham Greene. Otto Preminger directed and produced this film in 1957. Saint Joan was actress Jean Seberg's first movie; she was 17 years old then probably the same age as Jeanne D'arc herself when her unpaid career began in the French military.
Joan of Arc died in Rouen, France in Normandy on May 30, 1431. She was burned at the stake.
This movie is one ... Read More
Rating:  - A noble failure
Director Otto Preminger's stab at the George Bernard Shaw play was pilloried for the miscasting of Jean Seberg in the title role, but she's hardly the sole reason why this well-intentioned film version doesn't work. Richard Widmark gives one of his silliest screen performances as the Dauphin, and many of the smaller roles are quite hammily portrayed as well.
Still, this VHS version does include a very well-made behind-the-scenes featurette (for once, you don't have to have a DVD player to enjoy ... Read More
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