Joan of Arc (1948 film)

Joan of Arc
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVictor Fleming
Screenplay byMaxwell Anderson
Andrew Solt
Based onJoan of Lorraine
by Maxwell Anderson
Produced byWalter Wanger
StarringIngrid Bergman
CinematographyJoseph Valentine
Edited byFrank Sullivan
Music byHugo Friedhofer
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Sierra Pictures
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
  • November 11, 1948 (1948-11-11) (New York City)[1]
  • September 2, 1950 (1950-09-02) (United States)[1]
Running time
145 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4.6 million[2]
Box office$6 million (rentals)[3][4]

Joan of Arc is a 1948 American epic historical drama film directed by Victor Fleming, and starring Ingrid Bergman as the eponymous French religious icon and war heroine. It was produced by Walter Wanger and is based on Maxwell Anderson's successful Broadway play Joan of Lorraine, which also starred Bergman, and was adapted for the screen by Anderson himself, in collaboration with Andrew Solt. It is the last film Fleming directed before his death in 1949.

  1. ^ a b "Joan of Arc: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  2. ^ Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wanger: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p444
  3. ^ Jewell, Richard B. (1994). "RKO Film Grosses, 1929–1951: the C.J. Tevlin ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 14 (1): 37–49. doi:10.1080/01439689400260031.
  4. ^ Jewell, Richard B. (1994). "Appendix 1". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 14 (S1): 1–11. doi:10.1080/01439689408604545.