Movie of the Week

Joan of Arc is a 1948 Technicolor film directed by Victor Fleming; starring Ingrid Bergman as the French religious icon and war heroine. It was produced by Walter Wanger. It is based on Maxwell Anderson‘s successful Broadway play Joan of Lorraine, which also starred Bergman, and was adapted for the screen by Anderson himself, in collaboration with Andrew Solt. Bergman had been lobbying to play Joan for many years, and this film was considered a dream project for her. It received mixed reviews and lower-than-expected box office, though it clearly was not a “financial disaster” as is often claimed. Donald Spoto, in a biography of Ingrid Bergman, even claims that “the critics’ denunuciations notwithstanding, the film earned back its investment with a sturdy profit”. The film was nominated for seven Oscars. It cost $4.5 million at completion, but as of December 1951, the film had grossed six million dollars, three million less than was needed to cover production and distribution costs.
(From Wikipedia)