The sets were excellent and the production values were great ,but, there were some problems.Heinrich George's Duke of Burgundy and Erich Ponto's Lord Talbot were too comical.They acted like animated characters,that you did not take seriously.Gustave Grundgens King Charles character acted too insecure.Now Rene Deltgens performance as Maillezais, I think Johannas boyfriend? was excellent.Angela Salloker was excellent as Joan,But was not given enough screen time.Joan was rather under minded.In this version she was already in the war.I got the feeling that this film was made in a hurry.Everything looks in a hurry.The war of the french against British come in fast,the winning against the British,then after the celebration she is immediately accused of heresy.Possibly caused by Willy Birgel character Le Tremouille.His performance was good.You see Veit Harlan as an actor playing a small role, Pierre.His acting was not bad.I don't know why his acting was viewed as not being good.After they burned her quick and not before she had her trial quick, hypocritically in this film she is canonized as a saint.Just because i did not like it it does not mean it was not good.The movie focus mainly on the war and her death.This left very little time for her character.Ingrid Bergman and Falconnetti did it better,but they weren't propaganda films.This film had mainly mild propaganda .I could have sworn that Erich Pronto mentioned Hitler or it sounded that way,the word he said.Good print.available at Germanwarfilms.com and ReichsKino,you like it .03/29/12
Review of Das Mädchen Johanna
