The Story
The Story
An Immortal Screen Classic that will live Forever!
The Story
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.
Principal Cast
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Satyajit Ray
1956 · Drama