Saint Joan (1957)
- Starring:
- Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, (more)
- Director(s):
- Otto Preminger
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
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Synopsis of Saint Joan
After an extensive talent search, producer-director Otto Preminger selected a 17-year-old unknown from Iowa, Jean Seberg, to play Joan of Arc, a role traditionally portrayed by actresses twice to three times Seberg's age. Seberg is cast opposite such venerable pros as Richard Todd (as Dunois), Anton Walbrook (the Bishop of Beauvais), John Gielgud (Earl of Warwick) and Felix Aylmer (The Inquisitor). Cast as the vacillating Dauphin is Richard Widmark. Graham Greene's screenplay refashions the original Shaw text in the form of a flashback. Seberg eventually became an accomplished actress by virtue of her appearances in such nouvelle vague films as Breathless, but it was too late to salvage Saint Joan, which was figuratively burned at the stake by critics and filmgoers alike. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Saint Joan
- Jean Seberg - Joan of Arc
- Richard Todd - Dunois
- John Gielgud - Earl of Warwick
- Harry Andrews - John de Stogumber
- Finlay Currie - The Archbishop of Rheims
- Patrick Barr - Capt. Le Hire
- Archie Duncan - Robert de Baudricourt
- Francis de Wolff - La Tremouille
- David Oxley - Gilles de Rais/"Bluebeard"
- David Langton - Captain of Warwick's Guard
- Richard Widmark - Charles the Dauphin
- Anton Walbrook - Bishop Cauchon
- Felix Aylmer - Inquisitor
- Barry Jones - De Courcelles
- Bernard Miles - The Master Executioner
- Kenneth Haigh - Brother Martin Ladvenu
- Margot Grahame - Duchesse de la Tremouille
- Victor Maddern - Soldier
- Sydney Bromley - Baudricourt's Steward
- David Hemmings
- Director(s):
- Otto Preminger
- Writer(s):
- Graham Greene
- Producer(s):
- Otto Preminger
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Questionable for Children)
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