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Joan of Arc

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During the Hundred Years' War, peasant girl Joan of Arc (Ingrid Bergman) hears voices instructing her to save France from the English. Convinced that these unsummoned murmurings are divine messages from God, Joan consults the uncrowned Charles VII (Jose Ferrer) who, startled by the accuracy of her clairvoyance, assembles an army and installs her as its leader and spiritual guide. Her victorious forces reclaim much of their homeland from the English, but she herself falls into enemy hands.

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Bob Thomas Associated Press 06/19/2019
A beautiful and touching film treatment of France's savior. Go to Full Review THR Staff The Hollywood Reporter 11/12/2018
A magnificently staged panoramic insight into the life and times of the simple French peasant girl who left such a controversial impact on history. Go to Full Review Yasser Medina Cinefilia 04/09/2025
6/10
Fleming delivers a Technicolor historical epic here that finds moments of production values ​​and a remarkable performance from Ingrid Bergman, but unfortunately lacks the dramatic power needed to soar. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Elsa Branden Photoplay 08/20/2021
3/3
It is pomp and pageantry on a spectacular scale. Go to Full Review David Parkinson Radio Times 03/05/2021
3/5
Superbly designed by Richard Day to resemble a Book of Hours, the film is a panoply of pomp, pluck, piety and patriotism that's tantamount to a Technicolor victory gift from Hollywood to liberated France after the Nazi Occupation. Go to Full Review Nathanael Hood The Retro Set 01/09/2020
3/10
...an unequivocal bore and slog. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Omri F @RT09211957 07/20/2023 I'm sure this movie was great in its time, but for a modern viewer, it just isn't entertaining enough. See more Mark P @RT11302800 06/25/2022 Wow this is boring, bloated and factually shaky. Cant believe this is still regularly on my television in England. Ingrid Bergman is beautiful, but we know that , this film is not worthy of her talents. Swerve this lavish epic, its utterly vacuous. See more steve d @RT35616104 07/22/2020 A surprisingly strong version of the story. See more Thomas M @TMProofreader 02/01/2019 The best inspiring movie ever made! With the best movie character ever portrayed: Ingrid Bergman as the title character! See more 11/22/2016 Ingrid Bergman's strong performance as the titular French heroine and the beautiful, colourful art direction both work in tandem to provide some showing for a film that does far too much telling. See more 11/15/2014 Ingrid Bergman as Joan gives a strong performance in an otherwise, average film. A compelling story of Joan of Arc, made me understand Joan's motives more than I did before, but film is too long for what it had. Didn't hold my interest and could of done more justice to Joan than it did. See more Read all reviews
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Victor Fleming

Director

Ingrid Bergman

Joan of Arc

José Ferrer

King Charles VII

Francis L. Sullivan

Pierre Cauchon

J. Carrol Naish

John

Ward Bond

La Hire

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Synopsis During the Hundred Years' War, peasant girl Joan of Arc (Ingrid Bergman) hears voices instructing her to save France from the English. Convinced that these unsummoned murmurings are divine messages from God, Joan consults the uncrowned Charles VII (Jose Ferrer) who, startled by the accuracy of her clairvoyance, assembles an army and installs her as its leader and spiritual guide. Her victorious forces reclaim much of their homeland from the English, but she herself falls into enemy hands.
Director
Victor Fleming
Producer
Walter Wanger
Screenwriter
Maxwell Anderson, Andrew Solt
Distributor
RKO Radio Pictures
Production Co
Walter Wanger Productions, Inc.
Genre
Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 11, 1948, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 22, 2020
Runtime
1h 40m