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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
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.
1999 · Directed by Luc Besson · 158 min · Adventure · Drama · Action · History · War · 17 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Luc Besson
- Written by: Andrew Birkin
- Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast
- Edited by: Sylvie Landra
- Production design: Hugues Tissandier
- Produced by: Luc Besson, Patrice Ledoux
Cast
- Milla Jovovich as Joan of Arc
- John Malkovich as Charles VII
- Faye Dunaway as Yolande of Aragon
- Dustin Hoffman as Joan's conscience
- Pascal Greggory as The Duke of Alençon
- Vincent Cassel as Gilles de Rais
- Tchéky Karyo as Jean de Dunois
- Richard Ridings as La Hire
- Desmond Harrington as Aulon
- Timothy West as Cauchon
Production
- Country: France
- Language: English, Latin
- Studios: Gaumont
- Budget: $85,000,000
- Box office: $66,976,317
- Themes: rape, france, politics, necrophilia, siege, biography, hundred years' war, burned alive, heroine, burned at the stake
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