Der Schriftsteller Graham Greene analysierte "Das Mädchen Johanna" in einer Kritik für den Spectator und konstatierte ebenfalls massive, nationalsozialistische Propaganda: „The real hero is Charles with his Nazi mentality, his belief in the nobility of treachery for the sake of the nation. The purge of 30 june and the liquidation of Tremouille, the burning Reichstag and the pyre in Rouen market-place – these political parallels are heavily underlined. The direction is terribly sincere, conveying a kind of blond and shaven admiration for poor lonely dictators wo have been forced to eliminate their allies.“