All language subtitles for Proces de Jeanne dArc 1962_track4_eng

"My daughter was born
of a legitimate marriage.

"| had her baptised and confirmed.

"| brought her up to fear God
and respect the Church

"within the limits of her age
and simple condition.

"She did not think, plot
or do anything against the faith.

"But envious people who wished ill

"on her, her parents and
the good of princes and peoples

"tried her for heresy.

"They accused her of false crimes,

"condemned her with iniquity

"and burned her."

TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC

Joan of Arc
died on 30th May 1431.

She received no burial
and no portrait remains of her.

But we have a better portrait:

her words
before the judges of Rouen.

I have used the genuine minutes
of the trial.

For the last instants,
I have used the witness statements

from the Trial of Rehabilitation
which took place 25 years later.

When the film starts,

Joan has been imprisoned
for several months in Rouen.

Captured at Compiégne by French
soldiers loyal to her adversaries,

she has been sold to the English
(We know the interests at stake).

She appears before a tribunal

made up exclusively of members
of the Anglophile University of Paris

and presided over
by Bishop Cauchon.

My name is Joan.
I am 19.

Swear to tell the truth.

I swear.

- Where were you baptised?
- In Domremy.

- Who taught you the faith?
- My mother taught me my prayers.

- Say a Pater Noster.
- I will say it in confession.

What did you do at home?

I did housework.
I didn't work in the fields.

- Did you learn other skills?
- Yes, to spin and sew.

We, the bishop, forbid Joan
to leave the chéteau of Rouen.

I do not accept it.

You have tried several times
to escape.

Like all prisoners, it is my right.

It would be perjury for me to say
what I have sworn not to say.

- Tell the truth to yourjudge.
- You call yourselfjudge.

- It's a grave responsibility.
- Take the oath.

Must I do it twice?

Will you take the oath?

You don't need it.

Swear to tell the truth.

I will tell the truth,
but not all of it.

That will render you suspect.

I'm aware of that.

We demand that you take the oath.

I cannot tell the whole truth.

I come from God
and do not belong here.

Send me back to Him.

On your knees!

It came from the right
of the church.

It was always accompanied
by a bright light.

I recognised the voice of an angel.

It told me to raise the siege
of Orleans

and go to Vaucouleurs
and what would happen there.

What were you wearing
when you left?

Men's clothes.

On whose advice?

Next question.

- Do you hear this voice often?
- Every day. I've come to need it.

Did you hear it yesterday?

- At what time?
- Morning. I don't know what time.

- What were you doing?
- I was asleep. The voice woke me.

- Was it in your room?
- It was in the chéteau.

Did you thank the voice
and kneel before it?

I sat on my bed
and joined my hands.

What did the voice tell you?

To reply to you bravely.

Be on guard. God sends me
and you're in great danger.

It tells you
not to say everything?

- Not concerning the king.
- The voice forbids it?

Who are you to deny that?

It comes from God?

I believe it comes from God.

I'd rather not reply than offend it.

Telling the truth displeases God?

The voice told me
to speak to the king.

There are things I must tell him
for his own good.

Can't you make the voice do that?

I would, if it would please God.

Can't the voice talk to your king
like it did when you were present?

Perhaps it is God's will.

Without God's grace
I can do nothing.

Are you in God's grace?

If I'm not, may God bring me to it.
If I am, may He keep me in it!

When you lived at home,

did you play with other girls?

Do you remember the trees
in your village?

There's a tree called
Ladies' Tree or Fairies' Tree.

Nearby there's a fountain
where the sick drink.

Under this tree, we used to make
flower garlands, sing and dance.

But I never saw any fairies.

And elsewhere?

Not as far as I know.

Take her.

You can judge her words
but not burn her.

- Why?
- This is not a proper trial.

She will burn.

Have you been well since last time?

I have been as well as I could be.

Have you heard the voice
since then?

Have you heard it in this room?

- ls it relevant to your trial?
- lt will serve the trial.

- I've heard it.
- What did it say?

I didn't understand
until I was back in my room.

What did it tell you there?

I asked for advice
on your questions.

Did it give you advice?

On certain points.

On others, I cannot answer
without its permission.

If Our Lord gives it to me,

I will not be afraid to answer.

Did an angel talk to you
or God Himself?

It was the voices
of St Catherine and St Margaret.

How do you know
it was their voices?

They've guided me for seven years.

Are they dressed the same?

I will tell the King of France,
not my interrogators.

Are they the same age?

I don't know.

Did they talk together
or separately?

I was also comforted by St Michael.

How long
have you heard his voice?

I only said I was comforted.

Which one of these saints
appeared to you first?

St Michael,
accompanied by celestial angels.

Did you see St Michael
and the angels in the flesh?

I saw them with my own eyes.

What proof do you have
your visions are from God?

Believe me if you will.

Was there an angel above your king
when you first saw him?

I don't know. I didn't see it.

Some brightness, or light?

Much light, over 50 torches.
Not all light is for you.

How did your king
show his faith in you?

- He had a sign.
- What sign?

I will not answer that question.

Where did you get your sword?

- In Vaucouleurs.
- Did you have another sword?

I found one in the church
of St Catherine de Fierbois.

How did you know it was there?

It was on the ground,
with five crosses on it.

My voices told me.

- Did you have it blessed?
- It wasn't blessed.

Did you place the sword
on the altar for luck?

Did you prefer your standard
to your sword?

I much preferred my standard.

- Who carried it?
- I did, to avoid killing someone.

I've never killed anyone.

How many men
did your king give you?

10 to 12,000 men.

In Orleans, did you tell your men
that the stones and arrows

would only hit you?

I told them to raise the siege.

When I placed the ladder,
an arrow pierced my neck.

Did you know you'd be wounded?

St Catherine and St Margaret
had told me.

Did they talk to you under
the Ladies' Tree or Fairies' Tree

mentioned earlier?

I don't remember.

And at the nearby fountain?

I heard them there.

O gentle Lord, if you love me,

tell me what to say
to these churchmen.

What are you doing here?

You know very well.

"Those of you outside the city
of Orleans, return to your country.

"King of England, I'm a war chief.

"I'll chase your men out of France.

"If they don't obey,
I'll have them all killed.

"God sends me to fight you
hand to hand.

"Have no doubt, God will not
give you the kingdom of France."

Do you recognise this letter?

I do, except where it says
"commander" and "hand to hand".

What do you think
will happen to your side?

In seven years, God will give
the French victory over the English.

I want people to know I said this.

The date?

You will not know it from me.

How do you know
if your visions are men or women?

They tell me.
I see their faces.

- Do they have hair?
- Possibly.

Do they wear their hair down’?

I don't even know
if they have a body.

How can they speak without a body?

I trust God. The voice is soft
and speaks the language of France.

Do you have any rings’?

You have one of them.
Give it back!

The English have the other one.
Show it to me if you have it.

Who gave you the other ring?

My parents.
Inscribed "Jesus Maria".

Have you cured people
with those rings?

Not by means of the rings.

Did the saints make any promises?

It's not relevant to your trial.

Did they promise
to rescue you from the prisons?

From the prison where you are now?

You won't know everything.

I shall be rescued. Those who seek
my death may well die before me.

I'll die without the revelations
that comfort me.

Where is your mandrake?

I don't have one.

I never did.

Wasn't there one near your village?

What is it used for?

To bring money.
So they say, I don't believe it.

I act according to my conscience.

Why "Jesus Maria"
and a cross on your letters?

The cross was to tell my side
not to do what I wrote.

What arms did you put
in the church of St Denis?

A sword and armour,

for the wounded.

Is that why they are revered?

When your standard was made,
did it have shields similar to yours?

Some, yes.

Did you tell the soldiers
it would bring them luck?

I told them to attack with courage.

Were the shields
anointed with holy water?

Not under my orders.

Were the shields carried
around an altar or a church?

I never saw it done.

Are there any images
made in your likeness?

One of me presenting
a letter to my king.

Why did you look at your ring
before an attack?

To honour my parents
who gave it to me.

Isn't it blasphemous

to wear sumptuous clothes and to
attribute it to the command of God’?

I have never blasphemed.

Did your side pray
or say mass for you?

If they did,
they did nothing wrong.

Did they believe God sent you?

I don't know if they believed it,
but I was sent by God.

Can't you read
the minds

of those who kiss
your feet, hands and clothes?

Many came to me
and kissed my clothes.

The poor came
because they liked me.

Did the women rub their rings
against yours?

Many women
touched my hands and rings,

but I cannot read their minds.

Did you receive the sacraments
on your way through towns?

In men's clothes?

Yes, and unarmed.

Did you take the bishop's horse
in Senlis?

I paid for it. But I sent it back,
it was worthless.

How old was the child
you visited in Lagny?

Three days.

He was dead
when they brought him to me.

- They say you resurrected him.
- I never heard it.

What did you do
at La Charité sur Loire?

I mounted an assault.

God had ordered you to go in.
Why didn't you?

Who says God ordered me to?

At the coronation in Reims,

why was your standard carried?

It had suffered.
We wanted to honour it.

Take her away!

What a din.

Two assessors, a substitute,
the clerk and the inquisitor.

And the others?

I don't need them.
But they must not leave the city.

You have no jurisdiction.

Did you know you'd be caught?

My voices said it was necessary,
but they didn't say when.

If I'd known, I wouldn't have gone.

If your voices had ordered you
to go where you'd be caught,

would you have gone?

Not willingly,
but I would have obeyed.

Were you on horseback?

Who gave you the horse?

My king. I had five saddle horses
and seven trotting horses.

Any other gifts
from your king?

Some money, to go to war with.

What sign did you give your king?

I will not tell you.
Ask him.

Did the sign come from God?

An angel gave the sign to my king.

The same angel
who had appeared before?

The same.
It has never tricked me.

Weren't you tricked
when you were caught?

It was God's will
that I was caught.

How could He trick me
when He comforts me every day?

I mean, the saints do.

Did you promise them
to keep your virginity?

Did they say
if you lost your virginity,

your voices would stop?

It was never revealed to me.

If you were married,
would your voices come?

I don't know, I trust the Lord.

You left home

without your parents' consent.

If I had a hundred parents,
I'd still obey God.

Did they tell you
to say you were leaving?

My voices left it up to me.

Did your voices call you

"Daughter of God"
or "Daughter of the Church"?

They called me
"Joan The Maid, Daughter of God".

Enough lies!

You're not a maiden.

I say I am.
Too bad if you don't believe me.

You don't belong to God,

but to the Devil!

I belong to Our Lord Jesus Christ.

These women confirm she's a virgin.

Yes, that gives her strength.

What sign did your king have
that you came from God?

I promised not to tell.

We demand that you do.

You want me
to commit perjury?

You swore to St Catherine
not to tell?

I swore it to myself.

But the sign was the crown
given to my king by the angel.

The crown meant he'd hold
the whole kingdom of France.

What was
the crown like?

Golden with precious stones.

Where did the angel
take the crown?

To Chinon.

The angel came first.

I said to the king:
"Sire, here is your sign."

Did you hold the crown
in your hands?

Did the angel come
from up on high?

Yes, he was sent
by the command of God.

- Did he walk through the door?
- He did.

Did those with the king
see the angel?

The archbishop and others did.

Some saw the crown
but not the angel.

When the angel left,
were you afraid?

Not afraid. I would have
followed him. I mean my soul.

Did you deserve to be sent an angel?

Why you?

God chose a simple girl
as intermediary.

Where did the angel find the crown?

I trust God.
I don't know where.

Did the crown smell good?
Was it attractive?

What do you know about a lost glove
and cup that were later found?

Nothing.

Did you intend to kill yourself
when you jumped from the tower?

I wanted to escape from the English.

Did you say you'd rather die
than be captured by the English?

I'd give my soul to God
rather than fall into English hands.

After you recovered consciousness,

didn't you blaspheme?

Those who heard me misunderstood.

Do St Catherine and St Margaret
appear in a bright light?

When they speak,
there is brightness.

Was it bright when you heard
the voice in the chéteau?

I heard the voice, but I didn't see
St Catherine or St Margaret.

Didn't you say it was dangerous
for me to judge you?

Mind you don'tjudge me wrongly.
It is my duty to tell you.

What danger are we, the bishop, in?

My voices tell me
I will be victorious at the trial.

They say
"D0 not fear martyrdom.

"You will be
in the Kingdom of Heaven."

I call martyrdom
the great pain I suffer in prison.

But I accept Our Lord's Will.

Would you escape now?

If the door was open
and the guards didn't stop me,

I'd know God was rescuing me.

She won't fly away.

Do St Catherine and St Margaret
hate the English?

They love what God loves
and hate what God hates.

Does God hate the English?

I don't know if He does,

but they must leave France or die.

Have you always
obeyed your voices?

I've always obeyed God
through them,

to the best of my abilities.

Have you ever acted
against God's will?

Yes, at Beaurevoir.

But my voices saved me.

As always when I was in need.
It shows they're good spirits.

Any other signs
that they're good spirits?

St Michael told me they were.

What clothes did St Michael wear?

I don't know about his clothes.

Was he naked?

Do you think God
cannot afford clothes for him?

- Did he have long hair?
- Why would it be cut?

How do you know
it was St Michael?

He spoke like an angel.

How do you know
he spoke like an angel?

I wanted to believe he did.

How did you know
the angel was not an evil spirit?

The first time,
I doubted it was St Michael.

What made you believe it was him
every other time?

The first time,
I was a child.

He's taught me many things
since then.

What did he teach you?

Most of it
is in that book.

Will you dress as a woman?

I will when I'm gone.
The way I dress now pleases God.

"Women will not dress as men
or men as women"

says the Holy Scripture.

"For it is an abomination to do so."

I make no distinction
between the two.

Have you committed any sins,

which could condemn you?

What do you think of this dress?

I will wear it
only if it pleases God.

But if I'm condemned
and made to undress,

I ask for a woman's shirt
and a head-dress.

I'd rather die
than revoke God's orders.

He will not let me stoop so low
without coming to my rescue.

Why would you wear
a woman's shirt if you were to die?

I only ask that it be long.

You've asked to hear mass

because of the solemnity
of Holy Week.

I ask to hear mass and receive
communion on Easter Day.

Take off this male dress
and we will accord you the grace.

I will not hear mass

and receive communion.

What are my people doing?

Have they forgotten me?

Examine my answers.
I'll accept it if they're wrong.

If the Church says your visions
are evil, will you accept it?

I was sent to the King of France
by God's Church in Heaven.

Everything I do, I submit to it.

Aren't you subject

to God's Church on earth
and to its churchmen?

God must be served first.

Do your voices

command you not to submit
to the Church Militant?

They don't tell me
to disobey the Church,

but God must be served first.

"She claimed to mind God alone

"and accepted Him and His Saints,

"and not thejudgement
of the Church,

"spreading lies and errors.

"She committed crimes

"of indecency, sedition,
idolatry and evil-doing.

"She let herself
be revered like a saint.

"She claimed to come from God

"even in war
and the shedding of human blood.

"She assumed with pride the role
of leader of men and army captain.

"She offered the armour in which
she had been wounded as a relic.

"She hid a sword in the church
of St Catherine de Fierbois

"and claimed she knew
by revelation where it was.

"She cast a spell on her ring,
standard and sword,

"to triumph over her adversaries.

"She carried with her a mandrake,

"to obtain fortune and riches."

I protest
against these false accusations,

contrary to the interrogation
and to my answers.

"She claimed to know
the future and the past

"and to have God's attributes."

Let Paris and the University
pronounce themselves. I will not.

Why not?

None of us here is free to speak.

We cannot judge under constraint.

Be quiet!

I'm not from your diocese,
Monseigneur.

We should have explained to her.

I order you to stay.

I will not stay.
I do not want to be here.

What is it? Are you ill?

The bishop sent me food.
I ate it and it made me ill.

You ate the wrong things on purpose.

I didn't do that.

These chains must come off now.

I thank you
for assisting my salvation.

I feel so ill, I must be dying.

If you don't submit
to the Church,

you will not receive the sacraments.

Amend your life if you fear for it.

If I die in prison, I demand
to be buried in consecrated ground.

Matthew says

"If he refuses to listen,
tell the Church.

"If he refuses to listen
to the Church, he is a pagan."

Shall we hold a procession

to pray for your health?

I'd like Catholics to pray for me.

You can appeal to the Pope, Joan.

And to the Holy Council.

Submit to it. It is your right.

Which Holy Council?

The Holy Council of Basel.
I must warn you,

there could be as many Doctors
for you as against you.

Submit and save yourself, Joan.

There's still time.

Her soul is hard
and will not be brought to reason.

She will be solemnly
admonished before this court.

Read first, then I will answer.

I trust God, my creator.
I love Him with all my heart.

He is myjudge
and the King of Heaven and earth.

Do you submit

to the Church Militant?

I believe in the Church Militant,

but I will obey God alone,
my creator.

Do you mean Our Holy Father
is not yourjudge on earth?

I have but one master: Our Lord.

If you don't submit

to the One Holy Catholic Church,

you will be declared heretic
and be sentenced to burn.

If you show me the fire,
I will not recant.

Will you submit to the Holy Council,
the Pope and the Cardinals?

Will you submit to the Pope?

Take me before him
and I will answer.

We'll send him the proceedings
for him to judge.

I want the Pope to interrogate me.

Will you submit to the Church?

I will not submit to you,

my key enemy-.

But if there are as many doctors
in the Council for me as against me,

I will submit
to the Holy Council of Basel.

Who has been speaking
to this woman?

You only write down
what is against me!

Answer truthfully to every point.

Tell the truth.

If you tear me limb from limb,
I will not speak differently.

And if I do,
I'll say you used force.

Take her away.

You believed in your visions.
Return to the path of truth.

I pray you, Joan,
for the love of your creator.

Repent your errors

and you will save your soul
and your body from destruction,

as it is God's will.

Or your soul will be damned.

I stand by my acts and words.

If you throw me in the fire,
I will not speak differently.

I stand by what I said.

France,
you're abused.

He who calls himself king
has been dishonoured.

And notjust him,
but all those who obey him.

O Joan, your king has become
a heretic by listening to you.

He's a good Christian
and loves the Church.

You've acted
against God and the faith.

You wore men's clothes.

Repent or you will burn.

Joan, will you recant

your acts and words?

I will obey God and the Pope.

This will not do.
We cannot bring the Pope here.

We admonish you once more.

Do you vacant your acts and words?

She will not speak.
We shall read the sentence.

"We, honouring our faith,

"place ourjudgement
in the hands of the Lord.

"We decree that you have
grievously sinned against God."

We pity you, Joan.

Recant or we'll abandon you
to the secular power.

I have done nothing wrong.
I believe in the Ten Commandments.

I trust the Council and the Pope
and believe in the Holy Church.

Recant what you said!

"With a hardened heart, you refuse
to submit to the Holy Church."

Recant, recant!

"We declare you obstinate
and opinionated in your offences,

"excesses and errors."

I'll do anything you want.

Abjure and sign this paper.
You will be freed from prison.

You're lying!

I'm a judge in a matter of faith.
I seek her salvation, not her death.

You insult me.

"|, Joan, miserable sinner,

"return to the Church
of my own free will,

"and not through fear.

"| confess that I have sinned.

"| pretended to have revelations
from God, the angels and the saints.

"All my deeds against the Church
I now renounce."

I demand counsel before I sign.

Demand counsel.

Do not speak to her!

If the Church advises me to,
I will sign.

Place me in the hands of the Church.

If you don't sign,
you will be burned without delay.

I trust the conscience of myjudges.

What must we do now?

"Joan, the Church forgives you.

"But because
you have sinned against her

"and that you may do penance,

"we condemn you
to perpetual imprisonment,

"so that you may wipe out your sins
and not return to them."

Do not leave me
in the hands of the English.

Take her where you found her.

Take her
and give her women's clothes!

Why are you
in men's clothes again?

You swore not to wear them.

I never swore it.

I have not been given
what I was promised.

When I put this dress on,
I was beaten.

An English lord tried to molest me.

I'd rather die than be in chains.

But if I'm placed in the hands
of the Church, I will obey it.

Have you heard your voices?

Yes, I have.

What did they say?

That I was wrong to abjure
to save my life.

And to answer with courage
to the preacher.

He's a false preacher.

If I said God hasn't sent me,
I would be damned. He has sent me.

Are they
the voices of the saints?

Yes, and of God.

And that crown you mentioned?

I told the truth
during the trial.

And when you abjured
before the people?

I didn't renounce my visions.
I acted in fear of the fire.

But I'd rather die
than endure this torment.

I didn't understand the paper.

I said I wouldn't recant
unless it pleased God.

You are a relapsed heretic.

It's done, she's caught!

The bishop sends us
to prepare you for death.

I want to die,
but I don't want to burn.

My body is not corrupt.
It should not be reduced to ashes.

Bishop, you send me to my death.

I appeal to the great Judge.

Your voices said you'd be saved.

Your voices have deceived you.

Yes, they have deceived me.

If they were from God,
they wouldn't lie.

You have lied to the people
and must ask their forgiveness.

Remind me in the market place.
I might forget.

- She wants to have communion.
- Give her all she wants!

Is this the body of Christ?

Yes, and only He can free me.

- Where will I be tonight?
- Don't you hope in the Lord?

God willing, I shall be in Paradise.

Joan, go in peace!

The Church abandons you
to the secular arm.

We admonish you to think
of your soul and show true penance.

Rouen, will I die here?

I asked for pity from my side
and from my adversaries.

May they pray for me!

I forgive them
for the wrong they do me.

"We, Bishop of Beauvais,

"decree that you, like a rotten
member infecting other members,

"be cast out
from the unity of the Church,

"sundered from her body

"and handed over
to the secular power.

"We pray the same secular power

"to moderate its judgement

"short of death
and mutilation of the limbs."

I ask for a cross.

I commend my soul to God,
the Blessed Mary and all the saints.

For what I have done, neither
my king nor others are to blame.

I take leave
of those here present.

O St Michael,
St Catherine and St Margaret!

My voices were from God.

What I did,
I did by the command of God.

N0, my voices did not deceive me.
My revelations were from God.

Jesus!