The Trial of Joan of Arc

The Trial of Joan of Arc

Sinopse

Rouen, Normandy, 1431, during the Hundred Years' War. After being captured by French soldiers from an opposing faction, Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orléans, is unjustly tried by an ecclesiastical court overseen by her English enemies.

  • 7.2
  • 1963
  • Released
  • 1h 2m
Status

Released

Original Language

fr

Keywords
  • #warrior woman
  • #based on true story
  • #historical figure
  • #trial
  • #hundred years' war
  • #young woman
  • #religious fundamentalism
  • #martyrdom
  • #french court
  • #witch hunt
  • #political corruption
  • #joan of arc
  • #15th century
  • #medieval france
  • #medieval history
  • #jeanne d'arc

Reviews

Geronimo1967
@Geronimo1967about 3 years ago

There is something especially evocative about the way in which this quite short film has been put together by Robert Bresson and Léonce-Henri Burel. In just over an hour, it offers us a startlingly bleak interpretation of the last weeks of Joan of Arc's life, imprisoned, manipulated and subjected to immense amounts of intellectual cruelty by a church and a state that was determined that she should

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