TWO DVD SET OF THE FOLLOWING FILMS AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE:

DAS MÄDCHEN JOHANNA  (1935)  * with switchable English subtitles *:

While not the most accurate portrayal of historical events, as we purport to know them, this film nevertheless shows a historical viewpoint, which may not be too far from the truth. Neither the French, nor the British, come out looking too good in this film ... and why should they? Nazi Germany had no interest in wooing either of their future enemies. Yet, in spite of fascist Germany's abhorrence with all religions, which placed God above man, this film resembles the Passion of Christ more closely than it does historical events and therein lays the discomfort: the betrayal of the servant of God; the mocking of the same; even the request of the British soldier, who asks her to remember him in Paradise, just like the criminal at Jesus' side who asked the same at the crucifixion. King Charles of France, so often portrayed as weak-minded, indecisive and incompetent is shown here as weak and apparently malleable by his nobles; but eventually, the film shows him to be rational, cold-blooded, manipulative, calculating and politically savvy. In the end, he, too, will abandon the "tool" which saved France and brought him to power.

The film is less an anti-British and anti-French propaganda piece -- for it happened 500 years past and the Nazis were hardly the ones to point the moral finger at anyone without turning red-faced -- than it is a commentary on how untrustworthy all people are and how those who do good are usually rewarded so poorly. In this, the film is significantly more successful than it ever could be in showing the corruption of two peoples only doing what the Nazis themselves would do over and over again half a millenium later.

DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH SWITCHABLE ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

77 minutes long.  REGION FREE  (will play in any DVD player)

FILM QUALITY:  Very good VHS quality.

PLEASE NOTE THAT SWITCHABLE (SOFT) SUBTITLES WILL NOT SHOW UP WHEN VIEWING THE SAMPLE BELOW.  IF YOU SEE SUBTITLES, THEN THEY ARE HARD-ENCODED (meaning, they cannot be turned off when viewing the film):

PROCES DE JEANNE D'ARC  (1962)  * with hard-encoded German and switchable English subtitles *:

Capturée par des soldats français du parti adverse devant Compiègne puis vendue aux Anglais, Jeanne d'Arc est emprisonnée depuis plusieurs mois dans une chambre du château de Rouen. Elle comparaît devant un tribunal composé presqu'exclusivement de membres de l'Université Anglophile de Paris, présidé par l'évêque Cauchon. 

In 1431 Jeanne, a French peasant girl, is imprisoned for heresy and brought to trial at Rouen. Despite rigorous interrogation by the judges and constant persecution from the jailers, her faith remains unshaken. The relentless theological questioning and argument in court is broken only by an ineffectual attempt at torture and an examination to prove her virginity. Jeanne's insistence that her military ventures were bidden by God is scoffed at by the English, who are anxious to destroy the legend already building around her. In a moment of weakness during the trial, Jeanne recants her faith. She is sentenced to life imprisonment, but when she retracts her earlier confession, the court decrees that she be burned at the stake as a witch. 

DVD-R is in French with hard-encoded German and switchable English subtitles  (which means, if you use the yellow-colored English subtitles, they will show on top of the white German subs, which can't be turned off ).

Approx. 61 mins.  Some softness and minor pixellization.

PLEASE NOTE THAT SWITCHABLE (SOFT) SUBTITLES WILL NOT SHOW UP WHEN VIEWING THE SAMPLE BELOW.  IF YOU SEE SUBTITLES, THEN THEY ARE HARD-ENCODED (meaning, they cannot be turned off when viewing the film):