St joan bernard shaw6/26/2023 It is entertaining in that it tells a good story without over romanticizing Joan nor over vilifying her chief executioner, Cauchon (Anton Walbrook). Preminger and Greene present a noble effort of Shaw's play. Shaw wanted to present his Joan differently and this movie is about Shaw's Joan. While watching this movie, it's important to remember that the characterization of Joan of Arc varies widely from the crazy Joan Pucelle, as characterized in Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part I, to a total otherworldly religious victim as seen in Carl Theodor Dreyer's silent classic, La Passion et la Mort de Jeanne d'Arc. She is engaging as the young Maid of Orleans who dresses as a boy and wants to be taken seriously as a soldier who hears voices from the saints in heaven. Nineteen-year-old Jean Seberg made her movie debut here in the title role. Graham Greene wrote this movie version of George Bernard Shaw's play for the screen.
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