The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

Year:

1999

Duration:

158 min (unrated version) | USA:148 min

Genres:

Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | War

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Luc Besson

Awards:

6 wins & 11 nominations

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 1999-11-12

Filming Locations: Bruntal, Czech Republic

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $6,360,968 (USA) (14 November 1999)

Gross: $14,276,317 (USA) (14 January 2000)

Cast

Actor

Character

Brian Pettifer

Rab Affleck

Comrade

Stéphane Algoud

Look Out (as Stephane Algoud)

Edwin Apps

Bishop

David Bailie

English Judge

David Barber

English Judge

Christian Barbier

Captain

Timothy Bateson

English Judge

David Begg

Nobleman - Rouen's Castle

Christian Bergner

Captain

Andrew Birkin

Talbot

Dominic Borrelli

English Judge

John Boswall

Old Priest

Matthew Bowyer

The Bludgeoned French Soldier

Paul Brooke

Domremy's Priest

Bruce Byron

Joan's Father

Vincent Cassel

Gilles de Rais

Charles Cork

Vaucouleurs' Priest

Patrice Cossoneau

Captain

Tony D'Amario

Compiegne's Mayor

Daniel Daujon

Church's Peer - Coronation

Tonio Descanvelle

Xaintrailles

Philippe du Janerand

Dijon

Faye Dunaway

Yolande of Aragon

Sissi Duparc

Mary of Anjou's Lady's Companion (as Sylviane Duparc)

Barbara Elbourn

The Aunt

Christian Erickson

La Tremoille

Tara Flanagan

Woman - Rouen's Castle

Bruno Flender

Poitiers' Inquisitor

Serge Fournier

Church's Peer - Coronation

David Gant

The Duke of Bedford

Sid Golder

Cell's Guard (as Sydney Golder)

Jessica Goldman

Duchess of Bedford's Lady's Companion

Framboise Gommendy

Joan's Mother

Robert Goodman

Blackbeard

Jean-Pierre Gos

Laxart

Joanne Greenwood

Catherine

Pascal Greggory

The Duke of Alençon

Bernard Grenet

Senlis' Bishop

Valerie Griffiths

The Hag

Timothee Grimblat

Conscience - Child

Richard Guille

English Guard - Rouen's Castle

Thierry Guilmard

Assessor

Jerome Hankins

Nobleman - Rouen's Castle

Desmond Harrington

Aulon

Jacques Herlin

Orleans' Priest

Len Hibberd

Comrade

Dustin Hoffman

The Conscience

Didier Hoarau

Assessor

Vera Jakob

Woman at the Cemetery

Michael Jenn

The Duke of Burgundy

Toby Jones

English Judge

Milla Jovovich

Joan of Arc

Tchéky Karyo

Dunois

Gérard Krawczyk

Church's Peer - Coronation (as Gerard Krawczyk)

Richard Leaf

Conscience - Young Man

Franck Lebreton

Assessor (as Frank Lebreton)

Joseph Malerba

Beaurevoir's Guard

John Malkovich

Charles VII

Dominique Marcas

Poitiers' Inquisitor

Eric Mariotto

Young Monk

René Marquant

Rouen's Priest (as Rene Marquant)

Carl McCrystal

Glasdale

Gina McKee

The Duchess of Bedford

Phil McKee

Redbeard

Simon Meacock

The Teeth Soldier

John Merrick

Regnault de Chartres

Joseph O'Conor

Poitiers' Chief Inquisitor

Quentin Ogier

Louis

Kevin O'Neill

Scribe at Process

Mélanie Page

Young Girl in Bath (as Melanie Page)

Philip Philmar

English Judge

Enee Piat

Monk at Coronation

Irving Pompepui

Louis XI - 5 Years Old

Brian Poyser

English Judge

Olivier Rabourdin

Richemont

Vincent Regan

Buck

René Remblier

Dijon's Assistant (as Rene Remblier)

Joseph Rezwin

Poitiers' Inquisitor

Ralph Riach

English Judge

Mark Richards

Corridor's Guard in Rouen

Richard Ridings

La Hire

Malcolm Rogers

Bishop

Tara Römer

Gamaches (as Tara Romer)

Julie-Anne Roth

Young Girl in Bath

Olga Sékulic

Mary of Anjou (as Olga Sekulic)

Joe Sheridan

Canon (as Joseph Sheridan)

Eric Tonetto

Captain

Vincent Tulli

Orleans' Physician

Jane Valentine

Joan 8 Years Old

Jemima West

Girl

Tat Whalley

Raymond

Peter Whitfield

English Judge

Timothy West

Cauchon

Frédéric Witta

Poitiers' Inquisitor (as Frederic Witta)

Matthew Géczy

(voice) (uncredited)

Romain Protat

Crown Monk (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The last film of Joseph O'Conor.

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When Kathryn Bigelow was attached to direct, she had cast Sinéad O'Connor as Joan of Arc and Sean Connery as The Conscience.

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Milla Jovovich and Faye Dunaway both played Milady De Winter in the film adaptations of The Three Musketeers. Dunaway played her in the 1973 version and Jovovich played her in the 2011 version.

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Goofs

When Joan meets Dauphin Charles for the first time she holds her arms around him shifting from just above his waist to around his hips.

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Joan is shot by an arrow near her right collarbone. In the last scenes(when she is about to be burned at the stake) the scar is on her left collarbone

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At the beginning of the film when Joan is lying by the river to the right of the screen you can see someone's pants and then a camera.

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Quotes

Aulon: Jeanne! Are you all right?

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Joan of Arc: Give me an army, send me to Orleans, and I will show you the sign I was sent to make.

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Title Card: 1420. Henry V, King of England, and Charles VI, King of France, sign the Treaty of Troyes. The treaty states that the kingdom of France will belong to England upon the king's death. But the two kings die a few months apart. Henry VI is the new king of England and of France, but he is only a few months old. Charles VII, the Dauphin of France, has no intention to abandon his kingdom to a child nor even to his tutor, the Duke of Bedford. A bloody war begins and the English, along with the Burgundians, invade France. Title Card: La Loire, difficult river and natural frontier, temporarily holds back the invaders. Charles VII, the Dauphin, takes refuge in Chinon. He would like to go to Reims to be officially crowned king of France. But Reims in is the hands of the English. Title Card: France is going through the darkest period of its history. Only one thing can save it. A miracle. Is this interesting? Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Charles VII: Hey, shouldn't you be learning your lessons?

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