The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
October 27, 1999
Adventure, Drama, Action, History, War
2h 38m
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.
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Cast & Crew
- Director
- Luc Besson
- Joan of Arc Milla Jovovich
- Charles VII John Malkovich
- Yolande of Aragon Faye Dunaway
- Joan's conscience Dustin Hoffman
- The Duke of Alençon Pascal Greggory
- Gilles de Rais Vincent Cassel
- Jean de Dunois Tchéky Karyo
- La Hire Richard Ridings
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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