Saint Joan in 4K

Saint Joan in 4K

Restoration World Premiere

Restoration World Premiere

Plucked from obscurity for her first film role, a teenaged Jean Seberg leads the charge as Joan of Arc in Otto Preminger’s adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw play. With a script by Graham Greene and performances by Richard Widmark, John Gielgud, and Anton Walbrook, the lush production follows the rise and fall (and rise again) of the 15th-century heroine on her way to becoming a patron saint. The film was newly restored in 4K from the 35mm original picture negative.

Note by Cassie Blake, film preservationist, Academy Film Archive.

DIRECTED BY: Otto Preminger. WRITTEN BY: Graham Greene. WITH: Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, Anton Walbrook, Jean Seberg. 1957. 110 min. USA/UK. B&W. English. 4K DCP. Restored in 2024 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.

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