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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.
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
Isabelle Romée, also known as Isabelle de Vouthon and Isabelle d'Arc (1377–1458) and Ysabeau Romee, was the mother of Joan of Arc. She grew up in Vouthon-Bas and later married Jacques d'Arc . The couple moved to Domrémy , where they owned a farm consisting of about 50 acres (200,000 m 2 ) of land.
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]
Stephen Holden, in his 1989 New York Times review, "Enter the Martyred Maid, But Without 1950s Voices", writes: "When it opened on Broadway in 1955 with Julie Harris as Joan, the play bore obvious analogies to the Communist witch hunts of the era. In its current revival at the York Theater - its first New York production since then - the play ...
Joan of Burgundy (French: Jeanne; c. 1293 – 12 December 1349), also known as Joan the Lame (French: Jeanne la Boiteuse), was Queen of France as the first wife of King Philip VI. Joan ruled as regent while her husband fought on military campaigns during the Hundred Years' War during the years 1340, 1345–1346 and 1347.
The Silence of Joan (French: Jeanne captive [1]) is a 2011 French historical film directed by Philippe Ramos and starring Clémence Poésy, Thierry Frémont and Liam Cunningham. The film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival .