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"Joan of Arc'ın Tutkusu" tarihsel olarak doğru değil, çünkü daha güvenilir görgü tanığı ifadelerinden ziyade Joan of Arc'ın İngiliz yanlısı düşmanlarının iddialarına dayanıyordu. İngiliz hükümeti kayıtları, davalarını destekleyen işbirlikçiler tarafından yürütülen davayı onların düzenlediğini gösteriyor. ("The Passion of Joan of Arc" is not historically accurate, since it was based on the claims made by Joan of Arc's pro-English enemies rather than the more reliable eyewitness accounts. English government records show that they arranged the trial, which was conducted by collaborators who supported their cause.)

"The Passion of Joan of Arc" may have been well done in terms of cinematography, but in terms of historical accuracy it relied far too heavily on a single document (the trial transcript) which is contradicted on important points by virtually everything else. Many eyewitnesses who were at Joan of Arc's trial said that the English government manipulated the trial (as we also know from English government records) and the transcript was falsified on crucial issues such as her alleged refusal to submit to the Church (which the eyewitnesses said wasn't true), her alleged reasons for clinging to her soldier's outfit (which she said, as quoted by eyewitnesses, was to allow her to keep it laced up into one piece to prevent her guards from pulling her clothing off), and many other issues.

The description of "The Passion of Joan of Arc" has some historical errors. Historians have pointed out that English government records and eyewitness accounts prove that Joan's trial was conducted by pro-English collaborators for the purpose of discrediting her cause, not for genuine theological reasons (there were many mystics and visionaries in the medieval period who were approved by the Church - St. Catherine of Siena, St. Brigitta Birgirsdottir, St. Collette de Corbie, etc). The movie is based on the trial transcript, which is contradicted on important points by the many eyewitness accounts and other records.