Rent The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
4.1 of 5 from 142 ratings
1h 37min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- One of the most emotional film experiences of any era, Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' is a miracle of the cinema, an enigmatic and profoundly moving work that merges the worlds of the viewer and of saintly loan herself into one shared experience of hushed delirium. Drever's film charts the final days of Joan of Arc as she undergoes the debasement that accompanies her trial for charges of heresy - through her imprisonment and execution at the stake.
- Actors:
- Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, Michel Simon, Jean d'Yd, Louis Ravet, Armand Lurville, Jacques Arnna, Alexandre Mihalesco, Léon Larive, Jean Aymé, Gilbert Dacheux, Gilbert Dalleu, Paul Delauzac, Dimitri Dimitriev, Fournez-Goffard, Henri Gaultier, Paul Jorge
- Directors:
- Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Writers:
- Joseph Delteil, Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Aka:
- La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
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- Countries:
- France
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/11/2012
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Optional audio tracks: a piano score performed by Japanese silent film composer MieYanashita (for the 2Ofps option), and a radical accompaniment by esteemed American avant-garde musician Loren Connors (for the 24fps option)
- The complete "Lo Duca" version of the film - the version (featuring an alternate edit and soundtrack) that circulated in France and around the world for decades before the redicovery of Dreyer's "director's cut"
- Video demonstration of the restoration
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Reviews (2) of The Passion of Joan of Arc
Mind-blowingly powerful - The Passion of Joan of Arc review by CP Customer
I’d read the reviews calling it a masterpiece but felt I was going to be left cold by a film this old and this alien to my own atheism. But my goodness. Not only is the style of it absolutely gripping, accomplishing so much with, for the most part, a series of shots of faces, but when there is action - especially at the climax - it is both surprisingly accomplished, quite modern and incredibly moving. It is a masterpiece quite unlike any other I have seen, and the central performance is quite probably the best ever committed to celluloid
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The power of expression - The Passion of Joan of Arc review by HW
This is certainly a demonstration of how much silent films relied on the expressions of their performers to tell a story. The tearful, passionate and desperate expressions of the incredible actress playing the saintly martyr Joan contrast with the leering, outraged and callous faces of the male judges and priests. This silent film also proves that you don’t need audible dialogue or sound to tell a complex, moving (if biased) story of faith, hypocrisy and betrayal. Is Joan a heretical madwoman or a true believer? The film doesn’t fully answer this question for the audience and leaves us with a frantic, brutal, raging ending that declares even Medieval history will always be relevant; should the sheer quality of this cinematic marvel fail to stand up in the 21st century.
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