The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)

Florence Delay: Jeanne d'Arc

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• Bishop Cauchon : You must tell your judge the truth.

  Jeanne d'Arc : Beware of calling yourself my judge.

• Jeanne d'Arc : My voices were from God. All I did, I did at God's command. My voices did not lie. My visions were from God.

• Jeanne d'Arc : I prefer death to shackles.

• Jeanne d'Arc : My name is Joan. I'm 19.

• Jeanne d'Arc : I heard it in church. There was light all around. There was always a light. The third time I recognized the voice of an angel. It told me to lift the siege at Orléans. First I was to go to Vaucouleurs. The voice told me what would happen.

• Bishop Cauchon : Is it an angel's voice or is it directly from God?

  Jeanne d'Arc : It's the voice of St. Catherine and St. Margaret. They wear beautiful crowns.

  Bishop Cauchon : How do you know it's those two?

  Jeanne d'Arc : They began to guide me seven years ago.

• Bishop Cauchon : Which do you love more: your flag or your sword?

  Jeanne d'Arc : My flag, 40 times over.

  Bishop Cauchon : Who carried the flag?

  Jeanne d'Arc : I did, so as to kill no one. I've never killed.

• Jeanne d'Arc : I rely on God. The voice is soft and speaks the language of France.

• Jeanne d'Arc : My capture must please Our Lord, so it's for the best. How could he mislead me when he comforts me every day?

• Jeanne d'Arc : I'd rather give my soul to God than be in English hands.

• Bishop Cauchon : Do your saints hate the English?

  Jeanne d'Arc : They love what Our Lord loves and hate what he hates.

  Bishop Cauchon : Does God hate the English?

  Jeanne d'Arc : Whether he loves or hates them I don't know. I only know they'll be driven from France or die here.

• Jeanne d'Arc : I place my trust in God and love him with all my heart. He is my judge and king of heaven and earth.

• Jeanne d'Arc : I've done no wrong. I believe in the articles of faith and the ten commandments. I trust in the synod and pope and wish to believe what the church believes.

• Jeanne d'Arc : In women's clothes, I was beaten and trampled. An English lord tried to rape me three times.

• Jeanne d'Arc : I'd rather die than endure what I'm enduring.

• Jeanne d'Arc : I wish to die, yes, but not by burning. My body is pure. It mustn't be reduced to ashes.

• Jeanne d'Arc : Pray for me. I forgive the evil done me.

• Jeanne d'Arc : I'm sent by God and have no business here. Send me back to God from whom I came.