Back جان المرأة Arabic Joan the Woman Catalan Joan The Woman Welsh Joan the Woman Danish Joan the Woman German Jeanne d'Arc (film, 1916) French Jeanne d'Arc (fim, 1916) HT Joan the Woman ID Giovanna d'Arco (film 1916) Italian Joan the Woman Dutch
| Joan the Woman | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Written by | Jeanie MacPherson |
| Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky Cecil B. DeMille |
| Starring | Geraldine Farrar |
| Cinematography | Alvin Wyckoff |
| Edited by | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Music by | William Furst |
Production companies | Cardinal Film Corporation Famous Players–Lasky Corporation |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
| Budget | $302,976[1][2] |
| Box office | $605,731[1] |
Joan the Woman is a 1916 American epic silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Geraldine Farrar as Joan of Arc. The film premiered on Christmas Day in 1916. This was DeMille's first historical drama. The screenplay is based on Friedrich Schiller's 1801 play Die Jungfrau von Orleans (The Maid of Orleans).[3] This film was considered to be the "first cinematic spectacle about Joan of Arc."[3]
Miss Farrar ranked her performance in Joan the Woman among the great achievements of her entire career.[4]
- ^ a b Birchard, Robert (2009). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. p. 90. ISBN 9780813123240.
- ^ "De Mille's Costs-Gross". Variety. March 21, 1928. p. 5. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ^ a b Aberth, John. "Chapter 6. Movies and the Maid: Joan of Arc Films". A Knight at the Movies. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2012. 264–306.
- ^ Wagenknecht, 1962 p. 170-171: “...the only one of her films she ranks with her great achievements…”