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Saint Joan (also called Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan) is a 1957 British-American film adapted from the George Bernard Shaw play of the same title about the life of Joan of Arc. The restructured screenplay by Graham Greene, directed by Otto Preminger, begins with the play's last scene, which then becomes the springboard for a long flashback, from which the main story is told. At the end of the flashback, the film then returns to the play's final scene, which then continues through to the end.
This was the film debut of actress Jean Seberg, who won a talent search conducted by Preminger that reportedly tested more than 18,000 young women for the role.
Original Release
05/08/1957
US Release
05/08/1957
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean Seberg | St.Joan of Arc / St. Joan of Arc |
Richard Widmark | The Dauphin, Charles VII |
Richard Todd | Dunois, Bastard of Orleans |
Anton Walbrook | Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais |
John Gielgud | Earl of Warwick |
Felix Aylmer | Inquisitor |
Harry Andrews | John de Stogumber |
Barry Jones | De Courcelles |
Finlay Currie | Archbishop of Rheims |
Bernard Miles | Master Executioner |
Directors
Writers
Graham Greene, George Bernard Shaw
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean Seberg | St.Joan of Arc / St. Joan of Arc |
Richard Widmark | The Dauphin, Charles VII |
Richard Todd | Dunois, Bastard of Orleans |
Anton Walbrook | Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais |
John Gielgud | Earl of Warwick |
Felix Aylmer | Inquisitor |
Harry Andrews | John de Stogumber |
Barry Jones | De Courcelles |
Finlay Currie | Archbishop of Rheims |
Bernard Miles | Master Executioner |
Patrick Barr | Captain La Hire |
Kenneth Haigh | Brother Martin Ladvenu |
Archie Duncan | Robert de Baudricourt |
Margot Grahame | Duchesse de la Tremouille |
Francis de Wolff | La Tremouille |
Victor Maddern | English Soldier |
David Oxley | 'Bluebeard',- Gilles de Rais |
Sydney Bromley | Baudricourt's Steward |
David Langton | Captain of Warwick's Guard |
Pauline Chamberlain | Courtier at Dauphin's Court |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Otto Preminger | Producer |
Douglas Peirce | Producer |