Joan the Woman

original title:
Joan the Woman
other titles:
(Johanna, die Frau)
country / year of production:
USA / 1916
original length:
100 min.
premiere:
4 January 1917
genre:
history film
based on:
director:
Cecil B. DeMille
film script:
William C. DeMille
producer:
Cecil B. DeMille
cinematographer:
Alvin Wyckoff
editor:
Cecil B. DeMille
composer:
William Furst
cast (role):
Geraldine Farrar (Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc)) , Raymond Hatton (Charles VII) , Hobart Bosworth (Gen. La Hire) , Theodore Roberts (Cauchon) , Wallace Reid (Eric Trent) , Geraldine Farrar , Raymond Hatton , Hobart Bosworth , Theodore Roberts , Wallace Reid
more:
plot synopsis:
A British soldier who, while fighting WW I, digs up a rusted 15th century sword. Soon afterward he falls asleep and begins dreaming that he is a soldier in Joan's army.
keywords:
silent movie
war:
First World War (1914-1918)
literature:
remarks:
DeMilee spent $300,000, an enormous sum in 1916.
With a cast of 1,400 extras, full-sized sets, spectacular battle scenes and hand-tinted prints, DeMille spared no expense with his epic.
availability:
VHS, DVD