Joan of Arc

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Joan of Arc

Released Nov 11, 1948

1h 40m

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During the Hundred Years' War, peasant girl Joan of Arc (Ingrid Bergman) hears voices instructing her to save France from the English. Convinced that these unsummoned murmurings are divine messages from God, Joan consults the uncrowned Charles VII (Jose Ferrer) who, startled by the accuracy of her clairvoyance, assembles an army and installs her as its leader and spiritual guide. Her victorious forces reclaim much of their homeland from the English, but she herself falls into enemy hands.

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Bob Thomas

Associated Press

A beautiful and touching film treatment of France's savior.

Jun 19, 2019

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THR Staff

The Hollywood Reporter

A magnificently staged panoramic insight into the life and times of the simple French peasant girl who left such a controversial impact on history.

Nov 12, 2018

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Fleming delivers a Technicolor historical epic here that finds moments of production values and a remarkable performance from Ingrid Bergman, but unfortunately lacks the dramatic power needed to soar. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Apr 9, 2025

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Elsa Branden

Photoplay

It is pomp and pageantry on a spectacular scale.

Rated: 3/3

Aug 20, 2021

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

Superbly designed by Richard Day to resemble a Book of Hours, the film is a panoply of pomp, pluck, piety and patriotism that's tantamount to a Technicolor victory gift from Hollywood to liberated France after the Nazi Occupation.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 5, 2021

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Nathanael Hood

The Retro Set

...an unequivocal bore and slog.

Rated: 3/10

Jan 9, 2020

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Omri F

I'm sure this movie was great in its time, but for a modern viewer, it just isn't entertaining enough.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/20/23

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Mark P

Wow this is boring, bloated and factually shaky. Cant believe this is still regularly on my television in England. Ingrid Bergman is beautiful, but we know that , this film is not worthy of her talents. Swerve this lavish epic, its utterly vacuous.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/25/22

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steve d

A surprisingly strong version of the story.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

The best inspiring movie ever made! With the best movie character ever portrayed: Ingrid Bergman as the title character!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Ingrid Bergman's strong performance as the titular French heroine and the beautiful, colourful art direction both work in tandem to provide some showing for a film that does far too much telling.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

Ingrid Bergman as Joan gives a strong performance in an otherwise, average film. A compelling story of Joan of Arc, made me understand Joan's motives more than I did before, but film is too long for what it had. Didn't hold my interest and could of done more justice to Joan than it did.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Synopsis

During the Hundred Years' War, peasant girl Joan of Arc (Ingrid Bergman) hears voices instructing her to save France from the English. Convinced that these unsummoned murmurings are divine messages from God, Joan consults the uncrowned Charles VII (Jose Ferrer) who, startled by the accuracy of her clairvoyance, assembles an army and installs her as its leader and spiritual guide. Her victorious forces reclaim much of their homeland from the English, but she herself falls into enemy hands.

Director: Victor Fleming
Producer: Walter Wanger
Screenwriter: Maxwell Anderson, Andrew Solt
Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures
Production Co: Walter Wanger Productions, Inc.
Genre: Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 1948, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 22, 2020
Runtime: 1h 40m

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