Saint Joan (1957 film)

Saint Joan
Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan
Theatrical release poster designed by Saul Bass
Directed byOtto Preminger
Screenplay byGraham Greene
Based onSaint Joan
by George Bernard Shaw
Produced byOtto Preminger
Douglas Peirce
StarringJean Seberg
Richard Widmark
Richard Todd
Barry Jones
Anton Walbrook
John Gielgud
Felix Aylmer
Harry Andrews
Finlay Currie
Bernard Miles
Patrick Barr
Kenneth Haigh
CinematographyGeorges Périnal
Edited byHelga Cranston
Music byMischa Spoliansky
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • 8 May 1957 (1957-05-08)
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million[1]
Box officeUS$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.

  1. ^ a b "New York Sound Track". Variety. 28 August 1957. p. 4.