The Passion of Joan of Arc

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Original title: La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc
Year: 1928
Running time: 110 min.
Country: France
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Screenwriter: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Joseph Delteil
Music: Silent movie
Cinematography: Rudolph Maté, Goestula Kottula (B&W)
Cast: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, Maurice Schutz, Michel Simon, Antonin Artaud, André Berley
Producer: Societé generale de films
Genre: Drama | Historical. Silent Film. 15th Century. Religion. Cult Movie
Synopsis / Plot: Year 1431. Young french Joan of Arc is put on trial for alleged treason. Once glorified as her nation’s saviour, she has become a mere pawn in a game of political intrigue. Her sacrifice would appear inevitable...

Critics' reviews

"You cannot know the history of silent film unless you know the face of Renee Maria Falconetti (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Like all the greatest films, it reinvents the world from the ground up"

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
"Here is a deadly tiresome picture that merely makes an attempt to narrate without sound or dialog an allegedly written recorded trial"

Variety
"While Carl Dreyer (...) is responsible for the conspicuously fine and imaginative use of the camera, it is the gifted performance of Maria Falconetti as the Maid of Orleans that rises above everything in this artistic achievement."

Mordaunt Hall: The New York Times
"One of the most staggeringly intense films ever made"

Time Out
"One of the greatest, most harrowing screen performances."

Philip French: The Guardian
"One of the most inspired and inspiring films ever made (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

David Parkinson: Empire

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