Saint Joan (UA 1957, Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark)

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6 years ago

September 26, 2018

After a highly publicized talent hunt, producer-director Otto Preminger launched 17-year-old Iowan Jean Seberg to stardom in this adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s play. Inspired by divine voices, Joan of Orleans leads the French army to rout English invaders but is then punished by the Church whose authority she has, unintentionally, thrown into question. Seberg is fresh, appealing, and natural, and a fine cast backs her up.

production details
USA / United Artists / 110 minutes / 1957

Director: Otto Preminger
Script: Helga Cranston, Georges Perinal
Art Direction: Mischa Spolianski
Songs: Raymond Simm

cast
Jean Seberg as St. Joan of Arc
Richard Widmark as The Dauphin, Charles VII
Richard Todd as Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
Adolf Wohlbrück as Cauchon – Bishop of Beauvais
John Gielgud as Earl of Warwick
Harry Andrews as John de Stogumber
Felix Aylmer as Inquisitor
Archie Duncan as Robert de Baudricourt
Margot Grahame as Duchesse de la Tremouille
Barry Jones as De Courcelles
Francis de Wolff as La Tremouille
Finlay Currie as Archbishop of Rheims

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