(La Merveilleuse Vie de Jeanne d'Arc)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Germany,

France

Genres:

Drama,

History

Runtime:

125 minutes

Year:

1929

Directors:

Marco de Gastyne

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Production companies:

Rapid Film,

Pathé-Natan

Actors:

Jeanne d'Arc

La Hire

Nicolas Loyseleur

Charles VII

Gilles de Rays

Crews:

Director

Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Writer