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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) | The Film Index

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Film Record

The Passion of Joan of Arc

192881 minDirected by Carl Theodor Dreyer

1928

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Credits

Director

★Carl Theodor Dreyer

Writers

★Carl Theodor Dreyer ★Joseph Delteil

Cast

★Maria Falconetti

Character: Jeanne d'Arc

★Eugène Silvain

Character: Bishop Pierre Cauchon

★André Berley

Character: Jean d'Estivet

★Maurice Schutz

Character: Nicolas Loyseleur

★Antonin Artaud

Character: Jean Massieu

★Michel Simon

Character: Jean Lemaître

Character: Guillaume Evrard

Character: Jean Beaupère

Other

★Rudolph Maté

Credit: Cinematographer

Film Record

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Country: France
Release: 21 APR 1928
Runtime: 81 min
Original Language: French

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A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.

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