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Plot

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."
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Drama,Epic and Historical
Run Time:
100min.
Theatrical Release Date:
03/23/2009
DVD Release Date:
05/18/2004
Distributor(s):
RKO Radio Pictures
Director(s):
Themes:
Crowned Heads,Message From God,Heroic Mission
Tone:
Forceful,Gritty,Rousing,Sweeping,Tense,Reverent
Keywords:
burned-at-the-stake,execution,faith,peasant,royalty,saint,torture