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  1. Jun 23, 2024 · The Passion of Joan of Arc is considered one of the greatest—if not the greatest—films of the silent era. It is possibly the finest gem in director Carl Theodore Dreyer’s filmography, whose work has become fundamental in the world cinema canon: alongside Vampyr (1932), Day of Wrath (1943) and Ordet (1955).

  2. 5 days ago · The Passion of Joan of Arc is a film about suffering in confinement, stripped of everything —even the sacraments. Ultimately, it is a cinematic portrait of abandonment to the will of God. In2020, 100years after the canonization of St. Joan of Arc, this film has never seemed morerelevant.

  3. Jun 29, 2024 · Jean Seberg stars as Joan of Arc, alongside Richard Widmark and Richard Todd, to depict the life and trial of the French heroine. It illustrates Joan's journey from a seventeen-year-old peasant girl to the leader of the French Army and her eventual execution as a heretic.

  4. Jul 1, 2024 · The Passion of Joan of Arc retells the trial and execution of French Saint Joan of Arc (Maria Falconetti). Shot almost entirely in close-ups the film follows Joan as a court of English clergymen attempt to break her spirit and force a confession of sin from her.

  5. Definitely the Criterion - it's a newer restoration, but (for me) the thing that makes it the definitive choice, is because it comes with Richard Einhorn’s Voices of Light score, which is a must musical accompaniment to experience the film with.

  6. 2 days ago · The film follows Jeanne, a country maid from Orleans who defied the British by leading the French troops to victory on the battlefield. Betrayed by her fellow countrymen loyal to the enemy, she was accused of heresy by a church court.

  7. Jun 18, 2024 · This summer, he brings her characteto life in his grand opera production, ‘The Passion of Joan of Arc’ performed at Trinity Episcopal Church. Local composer’s grand opera coming to...