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Eugène-Charles-Joseph Silvain (17 June 1851 - 21 August 1930) was a French stage actor, pensionnaire of the Comédie française, sociétaire then dean of the compagny from 1878 to 1928.
Eugene Silvain was born on 17 January 1851 in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France. He was an actor, known for The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) and Molière, sa vie, son oeuvre (1922). He was married to Louise Silvain and Annie Whiteford. He died on 21 August 1930 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
Eugène-Charles-Joseph Silvain est un acteur français, né le 17 janvier 1851 à Bourg-en-Bresse et mort le 21 août 1930 à Marseille. Il a été sociétaire de la Comédie-Française puis Doyen de la troupe de 1916 à 1928.
Eugene Silvain was a French actor and the dean of the Comedie Francaise. He starred in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) and Molière, sa vie, son oeuvre (1922).
The Passion of Joan of Arc (French: La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc) is a 1928 French silent historical film based on the actual record of the trial of Joan of Arc. The film was directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and stars Renée Jeanne Falconetti as Joan.
Another is that Joan is lit softly, while her interlocutors, led by the craggy Bishop Pierre Cauchon (Eugène Silvain) are much harder, exaggerating the difference between her extreme spiritual piety and their fleshy, worldy viciousness.
The Passion of Joan of Arc. Spiritual rapture and institutional hypocrisy come to stark, vivid life in one of the most transcendent masterpieces of the silent era.
