---
title: 'Joan the Woman (1916)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Cecil B. DeMille'
released: '1916-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 138
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/joan-the-woman-1916'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008150/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Joan the Woman (1916)

1916 · 138 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

Joan the Woman is a 1916 American epic silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Geraldine Farrar as Joan of Arc. The film premiered on Christmas Day in 1916. This was DeMille's first historical drama. The screenplay is based on Friedrich Schiller's 1801 play Die Jungfrau von Orleans. This film was considered to be the "first cinematic spectacle about Joan of Arc."

## Credits

- **Director:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille)
- **Producer:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille), [Jesse Louis Lasky](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-louis-lasky)
- **Editor:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille)
- **Screenplay:** [Jeanie MacPherson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanie-macpherson), [William Churchill deMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-churchill-demille)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Furst](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-furst)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alvin Wyckoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/alvin-wyckoff)

## Cast

- [Horace B. Carpenter](https://cinepixo.com/people/horace-b-carpenter)
- [Hobart Bosworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/hobart-bosworth)
- [Donald Crisp](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-crisp)
- [William Conklin](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-conklin)
- [Cleo Ridgely](https://cinepixo.com/people/cleo-ridgely)
- [Tully Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/tully-marshall)
- [Nigel De Brulier](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-de-brulier)
- [Geraldine Farrar](https://cinepixo.com/people/geraldine-farrar)
- [Lillian Leighton](https://cinepixo.com/people/lillian-leighton)
- [Ernest Joy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-joy)
- [Walter Long](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-long)
- [Wallace Reid](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-reid)
- [Ramón Novarro](https://cinepixo.com/people/ramon-novarro)
- [Jack Holt](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-holt)
- [Raymond Hatton](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-hatton)

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