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| runtime = 145 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $4,650,506〔Matthew Bernstein, ''Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent'', Minnesota Press, 2000 p444〕 | gross = $5,768,142〔 }} ''Joan of Arc'' is a 1948 American hagiographic epic film directed by Victor Fleming, and 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 (at least partially). 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".〔(Notorious: The Life of Ingrid Bergman - Donald Spoto - Google Boeken )〕 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. In April 1949, five months after the release of the film, and before it had gone out on general release, the revelation of Bergman's extramarital relationship with Italian director Roberto Rossellini brought her American screen career to a temporary halt. The nearly two-and-a-half hour film was subsequently drastically edited for its general release, and was not restored to its original length for nearly fifty years. Bergman and co-star José Ferrer (making his first film appearance and playing the Dauphin) received Academy Award nominations for their performances. The film was director Victor Fleming's last project — he died only two months after its release. In Michael Sragow's 2008 biography of the director, he claims that Fleming, who was, according to Sragrow, romantically involved with Ingrid Bergman at the time, was deeply unhappy with the finished product, and even wept upon seeing it for the first time.〔(Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master: Michael Sragow: 9780375407482: Amazon.com: Books )〕 Sragrow speculates that the disappointment of the failed relationship and the failure of the film may have led to Fleming's fatal heart attack, but there is no real evidence to support this. While contemporary critics may have agreed with Fleming's assessment of ''Joan of Arc'', more recent reviewers of the restored complete version on DVD have not.〔(dOc DVD Review: Joan of Arc (1948) )〕〔(The DVD Journal | Quick Reviews: Joan of Arc )〕〔(Joan of Arc : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video )〕〔(Joan of Arc : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video )〕 ==Plot== Unlike the play ''Joan of Lorraine'', which is a drama that shows how the story of Joan affects a group of actors who are performing it, the film is a straightforward recounting of the life of the French heroine. It begins with an obviously painted shot of the inside of a basilica with a shaft of light, possibly descending from heaven, shining down from the ceiling, and a solemn off-screen voice pronouncing the canonization of the Maid of Orleans. Then, the opening page of what appears to be a church manuscript recounting Joan's life in Latin is shown on the screen, while some uncredited voiceover narration by actor Shepperd Strudwick sets up the tale. The actual story of Joan then begins, from the time she becomes convinced that she has been divinely called to save France to her being burnt at the stake at the hands of the English and the Burgundians. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joan of Arc (1948 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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