The Trial of Joan of Arc

The Trial of Joan of Arc
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Directed by: Robert Bresson

Overview

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.

The Trial of Joan of Arc

Review (1)

  • CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)

    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...

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