Legendary director Cecil B. DeMille takes on the historical saga of Joan of Arc in his first great spectacle. Following in the epic footsteps of D.W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation," DeMille's "Joan the Woman" was produced as a road-show special production with a huge budget for the time. The story follows a British officer in World War I who is inspired by a vision of Joan when he finds her decayed sword. The film then takes us back to her leadership of the French Army and eventual burning at the stake, complete with a cast of thousands, cinematic beauty and the imagination that DeMille would become famous for in this timeless historical spectacular.
