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* DiedHappilyEverAfter: At the very end of the movie, Joan appears in Heaven.
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* WomanInWhite: Significantly, innocent Joan is dressed in a pure white gown for both her trial and her execution.

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* WomanInWhite: VirginInAWhiteDress: Significantly, innocent Joan is dressed in a pure white gown for both her trial and her execution.execution. Doubles as a WhiteShirtOfDeath, since she dies in that dress.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Joan looks cute and feminine in this adaptation. In real life, she [[SweetPollyOliver looked more masculine]].

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Joan looks cute and feminine in this adaptation. In real life, she [[SweetPollyOliver looked more masculine]].
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* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Joan looks cute and feminine in this adaptation. In real life, she [[SweetPollyOliver looked more masculine]].
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Joan looks cute and feminine in this adaptation. In real life, she [[SweetPollyOliver looked more masculine]].
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* WomanInWhite: Significantly, innocent Joan is dressed in a pure white gown for both her trial and her execution.

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* WomanInWhite: Significantly, innocent Joan is dressed in a pure white gown for both her trial and her execution.execution.
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* ArchangelMichael: Gives Joan a job.
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The Other Wiki says the film's more than 200 meters long


* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Inverted. This is not a black-and-white film. Méliès and his crew hand-colored ''the whole movie'' frame-by-frame. Even with only a ten-minute run time, that works out to something like 180 meters of film.

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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Inverted. This is not a black-and-white film. Méliès and his crew hand-colored ''the whole movie'' frame-by-frame. Even with only a ten-minute run time, that works out to something like 180 that's more than 200 meters of film.
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This ten-minute film was, believe it or not, unusually long for films of the day, and featured elaborate costumes and sets that were more typical of stage shows than experimental early cinema. It was something of a step forward for Melies, who before this had mostly made "trick" films in which he used the camera to show seemingly impossible stunts and magic tricks.

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This ten-minute film was, believe it or not, unusually long for films of the day, and featured elaborate costumes and sets that were more typical of stage shows than experimental early cinema. It was something of a step forward for Melies, Méliès, who before this had mostly made "trick" films in which he used the camera to show seemingly impossible stunts and magic tricks.



* CreatorCameo: George Melies plays seven different roles in the production, from Joan's father to a wood-carrier at her execution.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Inverted. This is not a black-and-white film. Melies and his crew hand-colored ''the whole movie'' frame-by-frame. Even with only a ten-minute run time, that works out to something like 180 meters of film.
* {{Dissolve}}: Used for scene transitions. Probably invented by George Melies for movies like this one.
* InMediasRes: You can't waste time in a ten-minute movie, which is why Melies opens the film with Joan immediately having her visions.

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* CreatorCameo: George Melies Georges Méliès plays seven different roles in the production, from Joan's father to a wood-carrier at her execution.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Inverted. This is not a black-and-white film. Melies Méliès and his crew hand-colored ''the whole movie'' frame-by-frame. Even with only a ten-minute run time, that works out to something like 180 meters of film.
* {{Dissolve}}: Used for scene transitions. Probably invented by George Melies Georges Méliès for movies like this one.
* InMediasRes: You can't waste time in a ten-minute movie, which is why Melies Méliès opens the film with Joan immediately having her visions.



* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The film shows a victory parade after the highlight of Joan's career, the liberation of Orleans--which is not shown. Presumably there was no way Melies, who was working on a tiny stage, could reproduce a great battle.

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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The film shows a victory parade after the highlight of Joan's career, the liberation of Orleans--which is not shown. Presumably there was no way Melies, Méliès, who was working on a tiny stage, could reproduce a great battle.
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Inverted. This is not a black-and-white film. Melies and his crew hand-colored ''the whole movie'' frame-by-frame. Even with only a ten-minute run time, that works out to something like 180 meters of film.



* StormingTheCastle: Attempted by Joan's men, who are shown mounting the walls with ladders while the Burgundians pour down debris from atop the walls. Apparently the attempt failed, as the film cuts to Joan in a cell, still imprisoned.

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* StormingTheCastle: Attempted by Joan's men, who are shown mounting the walls with ladders while the Burgundians pour down debris from atop the walls. Apparently the attempt failed, as the film cuts to Joan in a cell, still imprisoned.imprisoned.
* WomanInWhite: Significantly, innocent Joan is dressed in a pure white gown for both her trial and her execution.
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* BioPic: Possibly the first one ever made.

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* BioPic: {{Biopic}}: Possibly the first one ever made.

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''Joan of Arc'' is a 1900 film by Creator/GeorgeMelies.

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''Joan of Arc'' is a 1900 film by Creator/GeorgeMelies.
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* CreatorCameo: George Melies plays seven different roles in the production, from Joan's father to a wood-carrier at her execution.
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''Joan of Arc'' is a 1900 film by Creator/GeorgeMelies.

It is the story of [[UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc the Maid of Orleans]], French heroine of UsefulNotes/TheHundredYearsWar. In ten minutes the film manages to hit the high points of Joan of Arc's life, including:

* Joan having visions of St. Margaret and St. Catherine, and then the Archangel Michael, which inspire her to take up the cause of France against the English invaders.
* Her encounter with Robert de Baudricourt, captain of Vaucouleurs, who gets her an audience with would-be French King Charles VII.
* A triumphal procession following Joan's liberation of Reims, itself followed by Charles's coronation.
* Joan's capture by the Burgundians at Compiègne, her trial, her execution, and her ascent into Heaven.

This ten-minute film was, believe it or not, unusually long for films of the day, and featured elaborate costumes and sets that were more typical of stage shows than experimental early cinema. It was something of a step forward for Melies, who before this had mostly made "trick" films in which he used the camera to show seemingly impossible stunts and magic tricks.

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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The last scene shows Joan's soul ascending into heaven, where she's greeted by a crowd of angels.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Charles VII being crowned king of France at Reims, a pretty impressive ceremony which involved bishops, trumpeters, and an anointing with oil.
* BioPic: Possibly the first one ever made.
* BurnTheWitch: Joan's fate, after being convicted of heresy.
* {{Dissolve}}: Used for scene transitions. Probably invented by George Melies for movies like this one.
* InMediasRes: You can't waste time in a ten-minute movie, which is why Melies opens the film with Joan immediately having her visions.
* LadyOfWar: Joan, a slip of a girl, in armor on a horse leading men in battle.
* MissionFromGod: Visions from angels lead Joan to fight against the English.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The film shows a victory parade after the highlight of Joan's career, the liberation of Orleans--which is not shown. Presumably there was no way Melies, who was working on a tiny stage, could reproduce a great battle.
* PublicExecution: Joan is executed in front of a crowd.
* TheSiege: The siege of Compeigne. Joan is captured when Burgundian soldiers jump out of the gate, yank her off her horse, and pull her inside the walls.
* StormingTheCastle: Attempted by Joan's men, who are shown mounting the walls with ladders while the Burgundians pour down debris from atop the walls. Apparently the attempt failed, as the film cuts to Joan in a cell, still imprisoned.

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