The Joan of Arc of Loos is a 1916 Australian silent film shot by Franklyn Barrett based on the true story of Émilienne Moreau-Evrard in World War I.
[5] In 1915, German troops led by Captain von Epstein capture the peaceful town of Loos and start committing atrocities on the local population.
Von Epstein lusts after a young peasant girl, Émilienne Moreau (Jane King), but she escapes to the Allied lines.
Inspired by the vision of Joan of Arc (Jean Robertson), she helps encourage the Allied troops in an attack to retake the town.
[16] Critics took particular exception to the story being old fashioned and suggesting the Battle of Loos was won by divine intervention rather than skill.