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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.
Maria Falconetti
Jeanne d'Arc
Eugène Silvain
Bishop Pierre Cauchon
André Berley
Jean d'Estivet
Maurice Schutz
Nicolas Loyseleur
Antonin Artaud
Jean Massieu
Michel Simon
Jean Lemaître
Jean d'Yd
Guillaume Evrard
Louis Ravet
Jean Beaupère
Armand Lurville
Judge
Jacques Arnna
Judge
The Passion of Joan of Arc is a drama, history film released in 1928 exploring themes of suffering, court case, judge, sentence, woman martyr, heresy. Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, it stars Maria Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley. 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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