Saint Joan (1957)
25 %
Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 2 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 4.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins
Synopsis:
A controversial classic that captures George Bernard Shaw's grim rendition of the Joan of Arc story, casting her as an innocent caught in the web of history. Seberg's debut. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, Harry Andrews, Anton Walbrook
Director: Otto Preminger
Producer: Otto Preminger
Screenwriter: Graham Greene
Composer: Mischa Spoliansky
Producer: Otto Preminger
Screenwriter: Graham Greene
Composer: Mischa Spoliansky
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The fervor of the child-soldier is lost on the screen; she appears to be sweet and naive, not the calculating personality Shaw intended and wrote of in the play's prolog.
10/23/07 04:21 PM
Mr. Preminger, his scenarist and his cast, who obviously were serious in tackling an important drama, have only fashioned a series of dissertations on an important theme.
03/25/06 03:26 AM
Top Critic Even hardcore Preminger fans number this stage adaptation among his lesser works.
02/09/06 03:16 AM
The then unknown Seberg in the central role is surrounded by an eminent cast, many of whom act as badly as she but seem above criticism.
05/24/03 08:05 AM
Hollywood adaptations of plays rarely come off much worse than this B&W one did.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
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