Joan the Woman

Joan the Woman

Cecil B. DeMille's Cinema Masterpiece

NR 1916 · 138 min · ★ 5.7 · History, Drama, Adventure

A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille · Written by William C. deMille

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