UK, 1 September 1968
130m
videotape, colour, 4:3
mono, English
A British television drama with some fantasy elements directed by Waris Hussein.
Plot Summary
In fifteenth-century France, teenage girl Joan hears the voices of saints that inspire her to lead the French army to victory over the English.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Waris Hussein
BBC
Produced by: Cedric Messina
Written by: Bernard Shaw
Script Editor Rosemary Hill
Lighting: Sam Barclay
Incidental Music: Michael Dress
Designed by: Tony Abbott
Cast
Janet Suzman (Joan)
John Gielgud (the inquisitor)
Keith Baxter (Dunois)
Colin Blakely (Chaplain de Stogumber)
Michael Craig (Earl of Warwick)
Maurice Denham (Bishop of Beauvais)
Murray Melvin (the dauphin)
Ronald Pickup (Brother Martin Ladvenu)
Hugh Walters (steward)
Glyn Owen (Robert de Baudricourt)
Richard Hampton (Bertrand de Poulengey)
Philip Bond (Gilles de Rais)
Jack Watson (Captain La Hire)
John Bryans (Mgr de la Trémouille)
Geoffrey Bayldon (Archbishop of Rheims)
Timothy Newman (court page)
Ann Rye (Duchess de la Trémouille)
Louis Selwyn (page)
David Selwyn (Warwick’s page)
Edgar Wreford (D’Estivet)
John Trenaman (executioner)
Jerold Wells (English soldier)
