Joan of Arc

Overview

France in the 15th Century: The country is marked by the wars with England and internal power struggles. King Charles sees himself powerless against the state. As emerges from the people suddenly a young woman named Johanna, who claimed that the Archangel Gabriel to be appointed, to save France. First of all doubt the king in their words, but he remembers that the people through this "help of God" is gaining new courage. With the slogan "God and the Virgin!" pulls the revivified victorious army into battle against the English-Burgundian alliance. After Johanna King Charles is crowned at Reims, there breaks the plague over the country in. Now Johanna all the blame on the disaster: God would punish believe in the country for that a heretic; if Johanna were actual a holy, she would deal also with the plague. The waning faith weakens France, England is again on the rise. But Johanna is executed as a witch. Only years later annulled the verdict of the Holy and Johanna explained.

Cast

Angela Salloker

Johanna von Orléans

Gustaf Gründgens

König Karl VII. von Frankreich

Heinrich George

Herzog von Burgund

René Deltgen

Maillezais, Unterhändler des Königs

Erich Ponto

Lord Talbot, englischer Armeeführer

Willy Birgel

Graf La Trémouille, Stadtkommandant

Aribert Wäscher

Herzog von Alençon

Veit Harlan

Pierre

Paul Bildt

ein verzweifelter Bürger bei der Bergung der Tote

Bernhard Minetti

ein Amtmann

Maria Koppenhöfer

eine Frau aus dem Volk

Albert Florath

höhnischer Wächter des gefangenen La Trémouille