Pope Joan (1972 film)

Directed by Michael Anderson
Produced by Kurt Unger
Daniel Unger (uncredited)
John Briley (associate producer)
Leonard C. Lane (executive producer)
Written by John Briley
Starring Liv Ullmann
Olivia de Havilland
Franco Nero
Music by Maurice Jarre
Cinematography Billy Williams
Edited by Bill Lenny
Release dates
 16 August 1972
Running time
 132 minutes (original uncut version)
Country United States
Language English

Pope Joan is a 1972 American mediaeval costume drama film based on the story of Pope Joan.[1] Even though modern consensus generally disputes Pope Joan as legendary,[2] in the film she is treated as fact.

It was directed by Michael Anderson and has a cast which includes Liv Ullmann (in the lead role), Olivia de Havilland, Lesley-Anne Down, Franco Nero and Maximilian Schell. The soundtrack was composed by Maurice Jarre with additional choral music provided by The Sistine Chapel Choir, directed by Domenico Bartolucci.[3]

The film was released on DVD in 2003 on Region 1 format disc.[4] It was also re-titled in some areas as The Devil's Imposter, with much material cut.

The version of the film released in 1972 differed significantly from the version that had originally been filmed. Anderson's original was made with flashbacks and flash-forward sequences about a modern-day evangelical preacher who believes her life parallels that of Pope Joan. In this version psychiatrists try to send her back through her past lives to establish if she is the reincarnation of Pope Joan.[5] However, the distributor decided to have all of the contemporary sequences removed and released the film as a straightforward historical drama. In 2009 the film was re-edited and the previously unreleased footage was re-inserted. It was re-released under the title She… Who Would Be Pope.[6]

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pope Joan (1972)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Catholic Encyclopedia: Pope Joan". Newadvent.org. 1 October 1910. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
  3. ↑ "Pope Joan (1972) Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Pope Joan". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  5. ↑ "She... Who Would Be Pope (2009)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "She…Who would be Pope". Shewhowouldbepope.com. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
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