The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-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 conquers Orleans.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
89 audience votes
Key crew
- Victor FlemingDirector
- Maxwell AndersonScreenplay
- Hugo FriedhoferOriginal Music Composer
- Andrew SoltScreenplay
Cast
- Ingrid BergmanJoan of Arc
- Francis L. SullivanPierre Cauchon, Count-Bishop of Beauvais
- J. Carrol NaishJohn, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
- Ward BondLa Hire
- Shepperd StrudwickFather Massieu, Joan's Bailiff
- Gene LockhartGeorges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor
- John EmeryJean, Duke d'Alencon, cousin of Charles
- Leif EricksonDunois, Bastard of Orleans
- Cecil KellawayJean le Maistre, Inquisitor of Rouen
- José FerrerThe Dauphin, Charles VII, later King of France
- Selena RoyleIsabelle d'Arc, Joan's Mother
- Robert BarratJacques d'Arc, Joan's Father
