Joan of Arc (1935 film)

Das Mädchen Johanna
Directed by	Gustav Ucicky
Produced by	Bruno Duday
Written by	Gerhard Menzel
Starring	Angela Salloker, Gustaf Gründgens, Heinrich George
Music by	Peter Kreuder
Cinematography	Günther Krampf
Edited by	Eduard von Borsody
Distributed by	Universum Film International Historic Film Ufa Film Company
Release dates	26 April 1935
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Joan of Arc (German:Das Mädchen Johanna) is a 1935 German historical film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Angela Salloker, Gustaf Gründgens and Heinrich George. It depicts the life of Joan of Arc, and is the first female embodiment of the Nazi Fuhrer figure in film. The press in Germany and abroad detected direct parallels between the presentation of France in 1492 and the situation in Germany in 1935.^[1]

Cast

• Angela Salloker as Johanna
• Gustaf Gründgens as King Charles VII
• Heinrich George as Herzog von Burgund
• René Deltgen as Maillezais
• Erich Ponto as Lord Talbot
• Willy Birgel as La Trémouille
• Theodor Loos as Dunois
• Aribert Wäscher as Valençon
• Franz Nicklisch as Johann von Metz
• Veit Harlan as Pierre
• Paul Bildt as Bürger
• Bernhard Minetti as Amtmann
• S.O. Schoening as Pater
• Friedrich Ulmer as Captain
• Fritz Genschow as Hauptmann
• Paul Wagner as Herald
• Karl Dannemann as English soldier
• Wera Liessem as Mädchen aus dem Volk
• Maria Koppenhöfer as Frau aus dem Volk
• Elsa Wagner as Frau aus dem Volk
• Josef Sieber as Mann bei der Krönung

References

1. Fox p.24

Bibliography

• Fox, Jo. Filming women in the Third Reich. Berg, 2000.

External links

• Joan of Arc at the Internet Movie Database