Saint Joan the Maid

1929 film

Saint Joan the Maid
Simone Genevois and Philippe Hériat in a scene from the film
Directed by	Marco de Gastyne
Written by	Jean-José Frappa
Starring	Simone Genevois Fernand Mailly Georges Paulais
Cinematography	Gaston Brun
Music by	Allan Bjerne
Production companies	Pathé-Natan Rapid Film
Release date	1 November 1929
Running time	125 minutes
Countries	France Germany
Languages	Silent French intertitles

Saint Joan the Maid or The Marvellous Life of Joan of Arc (French: La merveilleuse vie de Jeanne d'Arc) is a 1929 French-German silent historical drama film directed by Marco de Gastyne and starring Simone Genevois, Fernand Mailly and Georges Paulais.^[1]

Cast

Simone Genevois as Jeanne d'Arc
Fernand Mailly as La Hire
Georges Paulais as Nicolas Loyseleur
Jean Debucourt as Charles VII
Philippe Hériat as Gilles de Rais
Gaston Modot as Lord Glasdall
Daniel Mendaille as Lord Talbot
Jean-Louis Allibert
Genica Athanasiou
Léonce Cargue

References

^ Nowell-Smith p.121

Bibliography

Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. The Oxford History of World Cinema. Oxford University Press, 1997.

External links

Saint Joan the Maid at IMDb

Joan of Arc

Life and background

Maid of Lorraine prophecies
Hundred Years' War
Loire Campaign
- Siege of Orléans
- Jargeau
- Meung-sur-Loire
- Beaugency
Siege of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier
Name
Trial
Retrial
Canonization

Family and
contemporaries

Cultural depictions

Poetry	The Tale of Joan of Arc (1429) Joan of Arc (1796)
Paintings	Joan of Arc Kissing the Sword of Deliverance (1863) Joan of Arc (1879)
Statues	Jeanne d'Arc (Frémiet) New York City Paris Portland, Oregon Washington, D.C. Jeanne au Sacre
Plays	The Maid of Orleans (1801) Saint Joan (1923) The Lark (1952) The Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen, 1431 (1952) I, Joan (2022)
Films	Joan of Arc (1900) Joan the Woman (1916) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) Saint Joan the Maid (1929) Joan of Arc (1935) Joan of Arc (1948) Daughters of Destiny (1954) Joan of Arc at the Stake (1954) Saint Joan (1957) The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962) Joan the Maid (1994) The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) The Silence of Joan (2011) Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2017) Joan of Arc (2019)
Television	Saint Joan (1967) Joan of Arc (1999 miniseries)
Operas	Giovanna d'Arco (1845) The Maid of Orleans (1881) Szenen aus dem Leben der Heiligen Johanna (written 1943) The Triumph of St. Joan (1950) The Survival of St. Joan (1970) Das Mädchen aus Domrémy (1976)