The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)

10/03/2000 (GB)
Adventure, Drama, Action, History
2h 38m

Overview

In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she reclaims God's diminished kingdom, this courageous young woman has various amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.

  • Luc BessonDirector, Screenplay
  • Andrew BirkinWriter
  • Original Title

    Joan of Arc

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $85,000,000

  • Revenue

    $66,976,317

Keywords

  • rape
  • france
  • politics
  • necrophilia
  • siege
  • biography
  • hundred years' war
  • orléans
  • burned alive
  • heroine
  • burned at the stake
  • joan of arc
  • dauphin
  • 15th century
  • charles vii
  • religious conviction
  • anachronistic
  • trebuchet
  • jeanne d'arc

Top Billed Cast

Milla Jovovich

Milla Jovovich

Joan of Arc

John Malkovich

John Malkovich

Charles VII

Faye Dunaway

Faye Dunaway

Yolande of Aragon

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Joan's conscience

Pascal Greggory

Pascal Greggory

The Duke of Alençon

Vincent Cassel

Vincent Cassel

Gilles de Rais

Tchéky Karyo

Tchéky Karyo

Jean de Dunois

Richard Ridings

Richard Ridings

La Hire

Desmond Harrington

Desmond Harrington

Aulon

Timothy West

Timothy West

Cauchon

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