The Story
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The Passion of Joan of Arc
An Immortal Screen Classic that will live Forever!
The Story
Carl Theodor Dreyer recreates the trial and martyrdom of Joan of Arc in a film of searing close-ups.
Captured during the Hundred Years' War, Joan faces a hostile clerical court that uses interrogation, trickery, and the threat of the stake to break her faith. Renee Falconetti's luminous, anguished performance carries the drama as Joan briefly recants, then withdraws her signature to stand by her convictions. Drawn from the surviving records of the real trial, the film moves toward her burning at Rouen and the grief and fury of the watching crowd.
- Director
- Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Year
- 1928
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Genres
- Drama · History
Principal Cast
- Maria FalconettiJeanne d’Arc
- Eugène SilvainBishop Pierre Cauchon
- André BerleyJean d’Estivet
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