Joan of Arc ( Joan of Lorraine )

Joan of Arc (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Joan of Lorraine
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
148 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Collectors Edition
Interactive Menu
Special Edition
Steelbook Edition

Movie filmed in 1948 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Victor Fleming

Written By:
Maxwell Anderson

Actors:
Ingrid Bergman ..... Joan of Arc
Francis L. Sullivan ..... Pierre Cauchon (Count-Bishop of Beauvais)
J. Carrol Naish ..... John, Count of Luxembourg (Joan's captor)
Ward Bond ..... La Hire
Shepperd Strudwick ..... Father Massieu (Joan's bailiff)
Gene Lockhart ..... Georges de la Trémouille
John Emery ..... Jean - Duke d'Alencon
Leif Erickson ..... Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
Cecil Kellaway ..... Jean le Maistre (Inquisitor of Rouen)
José Ferrer ..... The Dauphin (Charles VII, later King of France)
Selena Royle ..... Isabelle d'Arc (Joan's mother)
Robert Barrat ..... Jacques d'Arc (Joan's Father)
Jimmy Lydon ..... Pierre d'Arc (Joan's younger brother)
Rand Brooks ..... Jean d'Arc (Joan's older brother)
Roman Bohnen ..... Durand Laxart (Joan's uncle)

Synopsis:

Director Victor Fleming's final film features Ingrid Bergman as a vivid and luminous Joan of Arc, the 15th-century French peasant girl who led the French in battle against the invading English, becoming a national hero. When she was captured, tortured, and ultimately executed by the English, she was made a Catholic saint. Bergman's Joan is a strong and spiritual figure who proves her devotion to the Dauphin (Jose Ferrer), later to become the King of France. Joan is compelling as she wins an alliance with the Governor of Vaucouleurs and the courtiers at Chinon, leads her army in the Battle of Orleans, is betrayed by the Burgundians, and edicts that 'our strength is in our faith.'

In the Fifteenth Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen years old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army and conquerors Orleans. When her army is ready to attack Paris, the corrupt Charles sells his country to England and dismiss the army. Joan is arrested, sold to the Burgundians England and submitted to a shameful political trial in Rouen castle.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 07 January, 2012.