Saint Joan (1957) |
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| Director(s) | Otto Preminger |
| Producer(s) | Otto Preminger |
| Top Genres | Drama, Historical, War |
Featured Cast of Saint Joan See More »
Richard Widmark
(as The Dauphin, Charles V...)
Richard Todd
(as Dunois, Bastard of Orl...)
John Gielgud
(as Earl of Warwick)
Felix Aylmer
(as Inquisitor)
Harry Andrews
(as John de Stogumber)
Margot Grahame
(as Duchesse de la Tremoui...)
Barry Jones
(as De Courcelles)
Finlay Currie
(as Archbishop of Rheims)
Saint Joan Overview:
Saint Joan (1957) was a Drama - Drama Film directed by Otto Preminger and produced by Otto Preminger.
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Saint Joan (1957) Given Otto Preminger‘s history with fantastically thrilling mysteries and dramas, I was a bit surprised to find he made a picture based on Bernard Shaw’s play about the plight of Joan of Arc. Possibly of even greater surprise is that Preminger paid for the righ... Read full article
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Saint Joan Quotes:
The Dauphin, Charles VII:
[after he is anointed and crowned in Rheims Cathedral] That holy oil Joan talked about is rancid.
Archbishop of Rheims: Your Majesty, that oil is nearly a thousand years old. It was brought by an angel to King Clovis.
The Dauphin, Charles VII: Well, no doubt it was fresher then.
Archbishop of Rheims: Your Majesty, that oil is nearly a thousand years old. It was brought by an angel to King Clovis.
The Dauphin, Charles VII: Well, no doubt it was fresher then.
John de Stogumber:
Some of the people laughed at her. They would have laughed at Christ.
The Dauphin, Charles VII:
It's always you good men who do the big mischiefs.
The Dauphin, Charles VII:
Now, what's the good of sitting on the throne, when the other fellows are giving all the orders?
[about her voices]
St.Joan of Arc: They come from God.
Robert de Baudricourt: They come from your imagination.
St.Joan of Arc: Of course. That is how the messages of God come to us, through our imagination.
See More Quotes from Saint JoanSt.Joan of Arc: They come from God.
Robert de Baudricourt: They come from your imagination.
St.Joan of Arc: Of course. That is how the messages of God come to us, through our imagination.
Saint Joan Facts
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A special effects accident caused actress Jean Seberg actually to catch fire in the scene where Joan of Arc is burned. (She Seberg sustained only very minor injuries.)
Screenwriter Graham Greene, a very famous author himself, added some lines to the original Shaw play when he adapted it for the film, such as Warwick's "She'll burn - before the Pope gets to hear of it!"
Audrey Hepburn was originally offered the role of Joan. Rumor had it she turned it down because her husband, Mel Ferrer, wasn't offered the role of the Dauphin, but Ferrer denied this.
The character of Brother Stogumber is given some lines that were originally spoken by the Chaplain in the play.
Kenneth Haigh was cast at short notice replacing a actor who pulled out.