Joan of Arc is a 1948 Technicolor film directed by Victor Fleming; starring Ingrid Bergman as the French religious icon and war heroine. It was produced by Walter Wanger. It is based on Maxwell Anderson's successful Broadway play Joan of Lorraine, which also starred Bergman, and was adapted for the screen by Anderson himself, in collaboration with Andrew Solt. It is the only film of an Anderson play for which the author himself wrote the film script . Bergman had been lobbying to play Joan for many years, and this film was considered a dream project for her. It received mixed reviews and... lower-than-expected box office, though it clearly was not a "financial disaster" as is often claimed. Donald Spoto, in a biography of Ingrid Bergman, even claims that "the critics' denunciations notwithstanding, the film earned back its investment with a sturdy profit". The movie is considered by some to mark the start of a low period in the actress's career that would last until she made Anastasia in 1956.
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| Release date: | 1948 |
| Directed by: | Victor Fleming |
| Runtime: | 146 Minutes |
| Producer: | Walter Wanger |
| Screenplay by: | Maxwell Anderson |
| Genre: | Biography |