Daughters of Destiny (film)

Daughters of Destiny
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Marcello Pagliero (segment "Elisabeth") Jean Delannoy (segment "Jeanne") Christian-Jaque (segment "Lysistrata")
Written by	Sergio Amidei André-Paul Antoine Jean Aurenche Pierre Bost Jean Ferry Ennio Flaiano Carlo Rim Henri Jeanson Vladimir Pozner André Tabet
Story by	Sergio Amidei (segment "Elisabeth") Aristophanes (segment "Lysistrata")
Produced by	Henry Deutschmeister
Starring	Claudette Colbert Michèle Morgan Martine Carol
Cinematography	Mario Craveri (segment "Elisabeth") Robert Lefebvre (segment "Jeanne") Raffaele Masciocchi Christian Matras (segment "Lysistrata")
Edited by	Laure Casseau (segment "Elisabeth") James Cuenet (segment "Jeanne") Jacques Desagneaux (segment "Lysistrata")
Music by	Roman Vlad
Production companies	Franco London Films Continental Produzione
Distributed by	Continental Produzione
Release dates	21 January 1954 (1954-01-21) (Italy) 27 January 1954 (1954-01-27) (France)
Running time	94 minutes (U.S.) 96 minutes (UK)
Countries	France Italy^[1]
Languages	French English^[1]

Daughters of Destiny (UK title: Love, Soldiers and Women, French title: Destinées and Italian title: Destini di donne) is a 1954 Franco-Italian co-production motion picture comedy drama directed by Marcello Pagliero, Jean Delannoy and Christian-Jaque. The film stars Claudette Colbert (segment "Elisabeth"), Michèle Morgan (segment "Jeanne") and Martine Carol (segment "Lysistrata"). It tells three stories, which are unrelated, but each deal with a woman and war.

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Plot

In this trilogy of stories, the episode "Elizabeth" is about an American war-widow who goes to Italy where her husband was in World War II. The episode "Jeanne" tells the life of Jeanne d'Arc. The episode "Lysistrata" is about Athenian wives, an adaptation of the Greek play.

Principal cast

segment "Elisabeth"

Claudette Colbert as Elizabeth Whitefield
Eleonora Rossi Drago as Angela Ascari/Farmgirl
Mirko Ellis as Anthony

segment "Jeanne"

Michèle Morgan as Jeanne d'Arc/Joan of Arc
Michel Piccoli as Pasquerel
Dora Doll as Une fille
Katherine Kath as La ribaude

segment "Lysistrata"

Martine Carol as Lysistrata
Raf Vallone as Callias
Paolo Stoppa as Nicephore

References

^ ^a ^b IMDb

External links

Destinées at IMDb
Daughters of Destiny at the TCM Movie Database
Daughters of Destiny at AllMovie

Films directed by Jean Delannoy

Paris-Deauville (1934)
Tamara (1938)
The Black Diamond (1941)
The Murderer is Afraid at Night (1942)
L'Éternel retour (1943)
Pastoral Symphony (1946)
Les jeux sont faits (1947)
To the Eyes of Memory (1948)
The Secret of Mayerling (1949)
God Needs Men (1950)
Savage Triangle (1951)
The Moment of Truth (1952)
Napoleon Road (1953)
Destinées (1954)
Obsession (1954)
The Little Rebels (1955)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
Marie Antoinette Queen of France (1956)
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959)
The Baron of the Locks (1960)
Imperial Venus (1962)
Les amitiés particulières (1964)
The Sultans (1966)
Action Man (1967)
Children of Mata Hari (1970)

Films directed by Christian-Jaque

The Pont-Biquet Family (1935)
Monsieur Personne (1936)
A Legionnaire (1936)
Rigolboche (1936)
School for Journalists (1936)
Josette (1937)
Francis the First (1937)
The House Opposite (1937)
In Venice, One Night (1937)
Boys' School (1938)
Rail Pirates (1938)
Ernest the Rebel (1938)
Who Killed Santa Claus? (1941)
First Ball (1941)
Carmen (1942)
La Symphonie fantastique (1942)
Voyage Without Hope (1943)
The Bellman (1945)
Boule de Suif (1945)
A Lover's Return (1946)
The Charterhouse of Parma 1948)
Man to Men (1948)
Singoalla (1949)
Lost Souvenirs (1950)
Bluebeard (1951)
Adorable Creatures (1952)
Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
Lucrèce Borgia (1953)
Daughters of Destiny (1954)
Madame du Barry (1954)
Nana (1955)
If All the Guys in the World (1956)
Nathalie (1957)
The Law Is the Law (1958)
Babette Goes to War (1959)
Don't Tempt the Devil (1963)
The Black Tulip (1964)
Champagne for Savages (1964)
Man from Cocody (1965)
The Dirty Game (1965)
The Second Twin (1966)
Le Saint prend l'affût (1966)
Dead Run (1967)
Emma Hamilton (1968)
The Legend of Frenchie King (1971)
Parisian Life (1977)

Joan of Arc

Life and background

Family and
contemporaries

Cultural depictions

Poetry	The Tale of Joan of Arc (1429) Joan of Arc (1796)
Paintings	Joan of Arc Kissing the Sword of Deliverance (1863) Joan of Arc (1879)
Statues	Jeanne d'Arc (Frémiet) New York City Paris Portland, Oregon Washington, D.C. Jeanne au Sacre
Plays	The Maid of Orleans (1801) Saint Joan (1923) The Lark (1952) The Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen, 1431 (1952) I, Joan (2022)
Films	Joan of Arc (1900) Joan the Woman (1916) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) Saint Joan the Maid (1929) Joan of Arc (1935) Joan of Arc (1948) Daughters of Destiny (1954) Joan of Arc at the Stake (1954) Saint Joan (1957) The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962) Joan the Maid (1994) The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) The Silence of Joan (2011) Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2017) Joan of Arc (2019)
Television	Saint Joan (1967) Joan of Arc (1999 miniseries)
Operas	Giovanna d'Arco (1845) The Maid of Orleans (1881) Szenen aus dem Leben der Heiligen Johanna (written 1943) The Triumph of St. Joan (1950) The Survival of St. Joan (1970) Das Mädchen aus Domrémy (1976)

Aristophanes' Lysistrata

Adaptations

Films	Daughters of Destiny (1954) The Second Greatest Sex (1955) The Girls (1968) Şalvar Davası (1983) Lisístrata (2002) Chi-Raq (2015) Prologue (2015)
Musicals	The Happiest Girl in the World (1961) Lysistrata Jones (2011)
Operas	Die Verschworenen (1823) Lysistrata (2005)

The Lysistrata Project (2003)

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