Saint Joan the Maid (1929)
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.
Cast
Simone Genevois
Jeanne d'Arc
Fernand Mailly
La Hire
Georges Paulais
Nicolas Loyseleur
Jean Debucourt
Charles VII
Philippe Hériat
Gilles de Rays
Gaston Modot
Lord Glasdall
Daniel Mendaille
Lord Talbot
Jean-Louis Allibert
François Viguier
Genica Athanasiou
Choura Milena
Mary Serta
