Saint Joan Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan | |
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Theatrical release poster designed by Saul Bass | |
Directed by | Otto Preminger |
Screenplay by | Graham Greene |
Based on | Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw |
Produced by | Otto Preminger Douglas Peirce |
Starring | Jean Seberg Richard Widmark Richard Todd Barry Jones Anton Walbrook John Gielgud Felix Aylmer Harry Andrews Finlay Currie Bernard Miles Patrick Barr Kenneth Haigh |
Cinematography | Georges Périnal |
Edited by | Helga Cranston |
Music by | Mischa Spoliansky |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1 million[1] |
Box office | US$250,000 (domestic)[1] |
Saint Joan (also called Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan) is a 1957 historical drama film adapted from the 1923 George Bernard Shaw play of the same title about the life of Joan of Arc. The restructured screenplay by Graham Greene, directed by Otto Preminger, begins with the play's last scene, which then becomes the springboard for a long flashback, from which the main story is told. At the end of the flashback, the film then returns to the play's final scene, which then continues through to the end.
This was the film debut of actress Jean Seberg, who won a talent search conducted by Preminger that reportedly tested more than 18,000 young women for the role.
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