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.
Directed by Marco de Gastyne · Written by Jean-José Frappa
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Cast
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Simone Genevois Jeanne d'Arc -
Fernand Mailly La Hire -
Georges Paulais Nicolas Loyseleur -
Jean Debucourt Charles VII -
Philippe Hériat Gilles de Rays -
Gaston Modot Lord Glasdall -
Daniel Mendaille Lord Talbot -
Jean-Louis Allibert -
François Viguier -
Genica Athanasiou - Léonce Cargue
- Jean Dalbe
Make it a double feature
3h 50m together
Saint Joan the Maid
Naked Among Wolves
A close match in mood and era.













