The recent release of Knife, based on the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie in 2022 – which resulted in him losing an eye – prompted me to look back at some landmark films dealing with people who were attacked, or indeed martyred, for their religious views. In Joan of Arc (1948), Ingrid Bergman played the…
Remembering those persecuted on religious grounds
Ingrid Bergman in American hagiographic epic film Joan of Arc (1948). Photo: Public Domain.

Aubrey Malone