A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.
Louis Ravet was born on June 14, 1870 in Paris, France. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), The Heir of the Lagarderes (1913) and L'Arlésienne (1922). He died on April 7, 1933 in Joinville-le-Pont, Val-de-Marne, France.