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Saint Joan the Maid (1929)

Saint Joan the Maid (1929)

Drama History
Release Date: 1929, April 29
Directors: Marco de Gastyne
Countries: Germany, France
Production: Rapid Film, Rapid Film, Pathé-Natan, Pathé-Natan
Cast: Philippe Hériat, Gaston Modot, Daniel Mendaille, Jean Debucourt, Georges Paulais, Fernand Mailly, Simone Genevois

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

revolution joan of arc