Saint Joan (1957 History) The peasant girl who defied kings, armies, and the church.

In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the seventeen-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the French Army, and ultimately burned her at the stake as a heretic.

Original title: Saint Joan
Alternative title: Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan

Director: Otto Preminger
Writers: Graham Greene, George Bernard Shaw

Main cast:
Jean Seberg – Joan of Arc
Richard Widmark – The Dauphin, later Charles VII
Richard Todd – Dunois, Bastard of Orléans
Anton Walbrook – Peter Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais
John Gielgud – Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick

Genres: Biography, Drama, Historical, Literary
Release date: May 8, 1957
Filming location: Shepperton Studios, London, England