La merveilleuse vie de Jeanne d'Arc 1929

This relatively straightforward dramatic biography was one of two films commissioned to honor Joan of Arc on the 500th anniversary of her death, but it was soon undeservedly relegated to obscurity in favor of Carl Dreyer's triumphant 'La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc'. The comparison is unfair: Dreyer was an artist, but director Marco de Gastyne certainly proved himself a distinguished craftsman, and his emphasis on the Maid of Orléans early life in Domrémy serves as a picturesque, matching bookend to Dreyer's impassioned courtroom drama.

Cast:

Simone Genevois
Jeanne d'Arc 

Fernand Mailly
La Hire 

Georges Paulais
Nicolas Loyseleur 

Jean Debucourt
Charles VII 

Philippe Hériat
Gilles de Rays 

Gaston Modot
Lord Glasdall