Jeanne werd geboren tijdens de Franse Burgeroorlog, een bijzonder woelige periode in de Honderdjarige Oorlog tussen Engeland en Frankrijk, die samenviel met het Westers Schisma. Aan de basis van de Franse. Bij uitgeverij Nieuw Amsterdam verschijnt later deze maand een Nederlandse vertaling van het proces dat in 1431 tegen Jeanne d’Arc werd gevoerd. Volgens de uitgever is het voor het eerst dat er een Nederlandse vertaling van. Er wordt een proces gevoerd tegen Jeanne d'Arc, die het Franse verzet tegen het Engelse.
Catherine Lalonde Pelletier (Histoire et Civilisation) Bien que plus de six mille ouvrages aient La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc, deutsch: Die Passion der Jungfrau von Orl Cette jeune fille de 19 ans, pr Vie de Jeanne d'Arc, surnomm
Bresson presents the viewer with a stark, simple story, employing virtually no cinema devices at all - whilst 'Trial of Joan of Arc' isn't one of his best known efforts, it bears all the hallmarks of being touched by genius. With a running time of just over an hour, the film covers the trial of the famous French heroine, the script solely based on the historical notes from the trial itself.
As usual with Bresson, the cast is made up of non- actors who prove that simple delivery of potent narrative is more than convincing. The actress who plays Joan, Florence Delay, is superb and stunningly attractive - on watching the film I assumed she was a major star of 1. French cinema, rather than an unknown in her first ( and last?? The film concentrates so much on her character that she has to be convincing - every word she delivers has an edge to it and you can truly believe that here was a teenage girl who had an inner strength which entire armies would follow. Everything which is good in foreign films is encapsulated here - the simple approach, the dialogue, the static camera and the realism which combine together as a piece of cinematic art. Bresson's next film was the highly praised 'Au Hasard Balthazar'(1.