Joan of Arc (1999)

Actors: John Malkovich (actor), Olivier Rabourdin (actor), Tchéky Karyo (actor), Pascal Greggory (actor), Dustin Hoffman (actor), Joseph Malerba (actor), Vincent Cassel (actor), Toby Jones (actor), Jean-Pierre Gos (actor), Philippe du Janerand (actor), Timothy Bateson (actor), Paul Brooke (actor), David Gant (actor), Joe Sheridan (actor), Jacques Herlin (actor),

Plot: In 1412, a young girl called Jeanne is born in Domrémy, France. The times are hard: The Hunderd Years war with England has been going on since 1337, English knights and soldiers roam the country. Jeanne develops into a very religious young woman, she confesses several times a day. At the age of 13, she has her first vision and finds a sword. When coming home with it, she finds the English leveling her home town. Years after that, in 1428, she knows her mission is to be ridding France of the English and so sets out to meet Charles, the Dauphin. In his desperate military situation, he welcomes all help and gives the maiden a chance to prove her divine mission. After the successful liberation of Orléans and Reims, the Dauphin can be crowned traditionally in the cathedral of Reims - and does not need her anymore, since his wishes are satisfied. Jeanne d'Arc gets set up in his trap and is imprisoned by the Burgundians. In a trial against her under English law, she can't be forced to tell about her divine visions she has had continuously since childhood. Being condemned of witchcraft and being considered as relapsed heretic, she is sentenced to death. Jeanne d'Arc is burnt alive in the marketplace of Rouen on May 30th, 1431, at only 19 years of age.

Keywords: 1400s, 1420s, 15th-century, action-heroine, anachronistic-dialogue, annointing, army, aunt, axe, banner
Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War,

Quotes:

[In questioning Joan regarding all the gifts that King Charles VII bestowed upon her]::Priest: What about all these dresses you were given? Silk dresses, weren't they?::Joan of Arc: Yes, I was given a few, but I never had time to wear them.::Priest: Still... pretty wealthy for a peasant girl, wouldn't you say?::Joan of Arc: You look pretty wealthy to be a servant of God, wouldn't you say?

The Conscience: Who are you to even think that you can know the difference between good and evil?

Joan of Arc: All you have to do is do as you're told. What could be simpler than that? I am the drum on which God is beating out His messages. And right now He is beating so hard, it's splinting my ears!

Aulon: Jeanne! Are you all right?::Joan of Arc: Yes, I'm fine. Why are you staring at me?::Aulon: Because there's an arrow in your leg.::Joan of Arc: [Looks down at arrow] So there is.But that doesn't stop you from climbing!::[Motions him towards the wall]::Joan of Arc: Raymond! Take this arrow out of my leg.

Joan of Arc: I don't think. I leave that to God. I'm nothing in all this, I'm just the Messenger.

Joan of Arc: How dare you stop me from doing God's will?::Aulon: He didn't tell you to cut all your hair.::Joan of Arc: How dare you tell me what God tells me to do?::Aulon: Whatever, but since he's not going to come down and do it himself - I mean - at least let someone cut it properly!

Joan of Arc: This morning God gave us a great victory, but it is nothing compared to what he is ready to give us now. I know you are all tired and hungry, but I swear to you that even if these English were hanging from the clouds by their fingertips we would pull them down before nightfall. Now let all those who love me... follow me! Follow me!

Aulon: But how do you know that these voices aren't just really you?::Joan of Arc: They are me. That's how God speaks to me. Even you could hear them if you listened hard enough.

[At Joan's insistence, a letter is fired by arrow over the British walls]::Joan of Arc: [voice-over] This is the third and last time I will write to you... If you are still here at noon, I warn you that you will hear from me to your very great destruction. Please give me your answer speedily.::Redbeard: [yells from the tower] Go fuck yourseves!::Joan of Arc: What did he say?::Aulon: He said he'd think about it.

Pierre Cauchon: Joan, be careful, you're not helping yourself by refusing to submit to our judgment.::Joan of Arc: You, who claimed to be my judges, you'll be careful, for you too one day will be judged.

Jeanne d'Arc, le pouvoir de l'innocence (1989)

Actors: Michel Etcheverry (actor), Christophe Odent (actor), Nicolas Silberg (actor), Claude Brosset (actor), Nadine Alari (actress), Didier Sandre (actor), Raymond Pellegrin (actor), Gérard Darrieu (actor), Christian Bouillette (actor), Philippe Dormoy (actor), Jean-Claude Dreyfus (actor), François Caron (actor), Jean-Pierre Bagot (actor), Pierre Badel (director), Jean-Pol Dubois (actor),

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Louis XI ou La naissance d'un roi (1978)

Actors: Yves Barsacq (actor), Jacques Duby (actor), Daniel Gélin (actor), Didier Haudepin (actor), Denis Manuel (actor), Louis Navarre (actor), Jean-Marie Robain (actor), Yves Vincent (actor), Francine Bergé (actress), Fanny Cottençon (actress), Marie Déa (actress), Sabine Haudepin (actress), Alexandre Astruc (director), Manuel Bonnet (actor), François Guillaume (actor),

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Si Paris nous était conté (1956)

Actors: André Chanu (actor), Henri Bosc (actor), Julien Carette (actor), Georges Bever (actor), René Blancard (actor), Georges Bever (actor), Alain Bouvette (actor), Edmond Beauchamp (actor), Andrex (actor), Louis Arbessier (actor), Amédée (actor), Georges Bever (actor), Antoine Balpêtré (actor), Aimé Clariond (actor), René Berthier (actor),

Plot: A witty journey through the history of Paris told to a group of students by Sacha Guitry, from its foundation at the time of Caesar to 1955. Among others you will meet King Charles VII making Agnès Sorel his mistress; you will witness the creation of printing spurred on by King Louis XI; share the life in the Louvres Palace at the time of King François Ier; spend the last night before St Bartholomew's massacre; be horrified by the murder of Henri III by a fanatical monk, watch the abjuration of protestantism by King Henri IV; try to resolve the Man in the Iron Mask enigma; take part in the storming of the Bastille, be present at the execution of King Louis XVI and at the trial of Queen Marie-Antoinette; participate in the Paris Commune, take sides in the Dreyfus affair.

Keywords: city-name-in-title, paris-france
Genres: History,

La merveilleuse vie de Jeanne d'Arc (1929)

Actors: Daniel Mendaille (actor), Jean-Louis Allibert (actor), Georges Paulais (actor), Jean Debucourt (actor), Gaston Modot (actor), François Viguier (actor), Fernand Mailly (actor), Philippe Hériat (actor), Marco de Gastyne (director), Simone Genevois (actress), Léonce Cargue (actor), Pierre Denols (actor), Mary Serta (actress), Genica Athanasiou (actress), Jean-José Frappa (writer),

Genres: Drama,

Joan the Woman (1916)

Actors: Hobart Bosworth (actor), Walter Long (actor), William Conklin (actor), Horace B. Carpenter (actor), Charles Clary (actor), William Elmer (actor), Raymond Hatton (actor), Jack Holt (actor), Jack Hoxie (actor), Donald Crisp (actor), Ernest Joy (actor), Nigel De Brulier (actor), Fred Kohler (actor), Lucien Littlefield (actor), Tully Marshall (actor),

Plot: John Trent, a World War I British officer, finds an ancient sword in his trench bunker just prior to volunteering for what will amount to a suicide mission the next day. That night he is visited by the spirit of Joan of Arc and is transported back to the 15th Century. Joan's career begins when, as a peasant girl, she meets Trent's ancestor, also an English soldier, fighting for the Burgundians. After Trent is captured, Joan is brought to the attention of the beleaguered Dauphin, heir to the French throne, who cannot be crowned because the English hold the royal city of Orleans. The weak Dauphin is impressed by her vision and apparently heaven-sent powers which border on the supernatural and ultimately gives her command of the armies. She is victorious at Orleans and the new King is crowned. Joan resists Trent's entreaties of love and continues her struggle to free the rest of her country from English occupation. Sinister forces, both English and French, conspire against her and she is captured. Tortured and condemned, she dies at the stake but never loses her faith and vision.

Keywords: 1430s, 15th-century, accused-of-witchcraft, armor, bishop, bunker, burned-at-the-stake, character-name-in-title, christ-figure, clergy
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery, War,
Taglines: Based on the life of the immortal Joan of Arc

Quotes:

Jeanne d'Arc: No sword once drawn for France - shall be thrown down!

Jeanne d'Arc: Englishman, there is room in each heart but for one love - mine is for France!

Eric Trent: God forgive us, we have burned a saint!