3.1“Greatest of all spectacles!”/ December 22, 1948
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army, and conquers Orleans.
“Greatest of all spectacles!”
Joan of Arc
Pierre Cauchon, Count-Bishop of Beauvais
John, Count of Luxembourg, Joan's Captor
La Hire
Curated based on cinematic style, tone, and audience acclaim
Father Massieu, Joan's Bailiff
Georges de la Trémouille, the King's Chief Counsellor
Jean, Duke d'Alencon, cousin of Charles
Dunois, Bastard of Orleans
Jean le Maistre, Inquisitor of Rouen
The Dauphin, Charles VII, later King of France
Isabelle d'Arc, Joan's Mother
Jacques d'Arc, Joan's Father
