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Joan the Maid (French: Jeanne la pucelle) is a 1994 French historical film directed by Jacques Rivette.Chronicling the life of Joan of Arc from the French perspective, it was released in two parts: Joan the Maid, Part 1: The Battles (French: Les Batailles) and Joan the Maid, Part 2: The Prisons (French: Les Prisons).
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.
Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc [ʒan daʁk] ⓘ; Middle French: Jehanne Darc [ʒəˈãnə ˈdark]; c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War.
Joan's home village of Domrémy was near the border between the French Duchy of Bar and the Duchy of Lorraine in the Holy Roman Empire, so at the time many in France believed in her. During her examination at Poitiers , Joan was reportedly questioned about a recent prophecy attributed (perhaps incorrectly) to Marie d'Avignon [ 1 ] concerning an ...
At the premiere, renowned dancer Martha Graham performed the role of Joan of Arc using her own choreography. The symphony is organized into three movements. The first movement, entitled "The Maid", is a theme and variation in 6 8 with flute and oboe soloists on the melody. The second movement, "The Warrior", is written in 12
The lyrical verse written by Christine de Pizan, "The Tale of Joan of Arc", was completed on July 31, 1429. [2] The story is credited as the only written work about Joan of Arc that was written during her lifetime. [citation needed] Pizan is said to have died before Joan was captured. Joan of Arc led the French army in May 1429 to end a siege ...
Joan the Woman is a 1916 American epic silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Geraldine Farrar as Joan of Arc. The film premiered on Christmas Day in 1916. This was DeMille's first historical drama. The screenplay is based on Friedrich Schiller's 1801 play Die Jungfrau von Orleans (The Maid of Orleans). [3]
Simone (1918); The House of Mystery (1923); André Cornélis (1927); Napoléon (1927) [3]; Saint Joan the Maid (1929), as Joan of Arc, a role for which her performance was described as follows: "She is magnetic and appealing, suggesting both the force and the frailty of the heroine."