Saint Joan (1957 History) The peasant girl who defied kings, armies, and the church.

Saint Joan (1957 History) The peasant girl who defied kings, armies, and the church.

In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the seventeen-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the French Army, and ultimately burned her at the stake as a heretic.

Original title: Saint Joan
Alternative title: Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan

Director: Otto Preminger
Writers: Graham Greene, George Bernard Shaw

Main cast:
Jean Seberg – Joan of Arc
Richard Widmark – The Dauphin, later Charles VII
Richard Todd – Dunois, Bastard of Orléans
Anton Walbrook – Peter Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais
John Gielgud – Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick

Genres: Biography, Drama, Historical, Literary
Release date: May 8, 1957
Filming location: Shepperton Studios, London, England

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