The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999 | 158m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Luc Besson |
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| Writer: | Andrew Birkin, Luc Besson |
| Staring: |
| In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she reclaims God's diminished kingdom, this courageous young woman has various amazing victories until her violent and untimely death. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 27, 1999 |
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| Director: | Luc Besson |
| Writer: | Andrew Birkin, Luc Besson |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Drama, History, War |
| Keywords | france, rape, siege, biography, necrophilia, politics, orléans, hundred years' war, burned alive, heroine, burned at the stake, joan of arc, dauphin, 15th century, charles vii, religious conviction, anachronistic, trebuchet, jeanne d'arc |
| Production Companies | Gaumont |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $66,976,317
Budget: $85,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Milla Jovovich | Joan of Arc |
| John Malkovich | Charles VII |
| Faye Dunaway | Yolande of Aragon |
| Dustin Hoffman | Joan's conscience |
| Pascal Greggory | The Duke of Alençon |
| Vincent Cassel | Gilles de Rais |
| Tchéky Karyo | Jean de Dunois |
| Richard Ridings | La Hire |
| Desmond Harrington | Aulon |
| Timothy West | Cauchon |
| Rab Affleck | Comrade |
| Stéphane Algoud | Look Out |
| Edwin Apps | Bishop |
| David Bailie | English Judge |
| David Barber | English Judge |
| Timothy Bateson | English Judge |
| David Begg | Nobleman |
| Christian Barbier | Captain |
| 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 |
| Charles Cork | Vaucouleurs' Priest |
| Patrice Cossonneau | Captain |
| Tony D'Amario | Compiegne's Mayor |
| Daniel Daujon | Church's Peer |
| Tonio Descanvelle | Xaintrailles |
| Philippe du Janerand | Dijon |
| Sissi Duparc | Mary of Anjou's Lady's Companion |
| Barbara Elbourn | The Aunt |
| Christian Erickson | La Tremoille |
| Tara Flanagan | A woman |
| Bruno Flender | Inquisitor |
| Serge Fournier | a father of the church |
| David Gant | The Duke of Bedford |
| Sydney Golder | the cell guard |
| Jessica Goldman | Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Bedford |
| Framboise Gommendy | Joan's mother |
| Robert Goodman | Black beard |
| Jean-Pierre Gos | Laxart |
| Joanne Greenwood | Catherine |
| Bernard Grenet | Bishop of senlis |
| Valerie Griffiths | midwife |
| Timothée Grimblat | Joan's concience (child) |
| Richard Guille | a guard in Rouen |
| Thierry Guilmard | an assessor |
| Jérôme Hankins | a noble |
| Jacques Herlin | the priest of Orleans |
| Len Hibberd | a rapist |
| Didier Hoarau | an assessor |
| Vera Jakob | a woman |
| Michael Jenn | The Duke of Burgundy |
| Toby Jones | English Judge |
| Gérard Krawczyk | a father of the Church |
| Richard Leaf | Joan's conscience (young men) |
| Franck Lebreton | an assessor |
| Joseph Malerba | Beaurevoir guard |
| Dominique Marcas | an inquisitor |
| Eric Mariotto | young monk |
| René Marquant | a priest |
| Carl McCrystal | Glasdale |
| Gina McKee | the Duchess of Bedford |
| Phil McKee | Red beard |
| Simon Meacock | a soldier |
| John Merrick | Regnault of Chartres |
| Joseph O'Conor | chief inquisitor |
| Quentin Ogier | Louis |
| Mélanie Page | a young girl |
| Brian Pettifer | the executioner / the torturer of the trial |
| Philip Philmar | an english judge |
| Brian Poyser | an english judge |
| Olivier Rabourdin | Richemont |
| Vincent Regan | Buck |
| René Remblier | Dijon's assistant |
| Joseph Rezwin | Poitiers' Inquisitor |
| Ralph Riach | an english judge |
| Mark Richards | Rouen guard |
| Malcolm Rogers | bishop |
| Tara Römer | Jean of Gamaches |
| Julie-Anne Roth | a young girl |
| Olga Sékulic | Marie of Anjou |
| Vincent Tulli | Orleans' physicist |
| Jane Valentine | Joan (8 years) |
| Jemima West | Girl |
| Tat Whalley | Raymond |
| Peter Whitfield | an english judge |
| Frédéric Witta | an inquisitor |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Thierry Arbogast | Director of Photography |
| Andrew Birkin | Writer |
| Luc Besson | Screenplay, Director |
| Lucinda Syson | Casting |
| Tomáš Zelenka | Casting |
| Martina Kubesova | Casting |
| Michael E. Phillips | Post Production Consulting |
| Nathalie Guillaume | Casting |
| Éric Serra | Music |
| Sylvie Landra | Editor |
| Catherine Leterrier | Costume Design |
| François Groult | Sound |
| Manuela Taco | Makeup Artist |
| Frédéric Zaid | Hairstylist |
| Bobo Sobotka | Makeup Artist |
| Marianne Collette | Makeup Artist |
| Jérôme Lévy | Foley Artist |
| Nathalie Chéron | Casting |
| Hugues Tissandier | Production Design |
| Gilles Boillot | Art Direction |
| Alain Paroutaud | Art Direction |
| Robert Le Corre | Set Decoration |
| Ronald Meanti | Set Decoration |
| Alain Pitrel | Set Decoration |
| Jérémy Poirier | Set Decoration |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Oldřich Mach | Executive Producer |
| Marc Jenny | Executive Producer |
| Luc Besson | Producer |
| Patrice Ledoux | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 35 | 51 | 26 |
| 2024 | 5 | 36 | 47 | 23 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 50 | 109 | 24 |
| 2024 | 8 | 40 | 64 | 21 |
| 2024 | 9 | 27 | 38 | 19 |
| 2024 | 10 | 34 | 60 | 21 |
| 2024 | 11 | 29 | 54 | 20 |
| 2024 | 12 | 27 | 40 | 22 |
| 2025 | 1 | 29 | 44 | 21 |
| 2025 | 2 | 21 | 29 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 694 | 841 |