Passion of Joan of Arc, The

Alternative title

Passion de Jeanne d’Arc, La

Synopsis

Carl Th. Dreyer’s 1928 film follows the final days of the eponymous heroine as she undergoes the debasement and interrogation that accompanies her trial for charges of heresy, followed by imprisonment and eventual execution at the stake. Regarded as a landmark in cinema history and notable for the intensity of Renée Maria Falconetti’s performance as Joan, the film’s art direction and cinematography - featuring the use of close-ups to make Joan’s suffering seem more intense and the actions of her persecutors more intimidating and grotesque - have ensured that JOAN is a perennial fixture in film critics’ "best ever" lists.

The Masters of Cinema release is available in DVD, Blu-Ray and dual format DVD Blu-Ray. The Blu-Ray edition features the restored high-definition master, presented in the film’s original aspect ratio. The film features the original Danish intertitles with English translations. Extras include the complete "Lo Duca" version of the film - the version (featuring an alternate edit and soundtrack) that circulated in France and around the world for decades before the rediscovery of Dreyer’s "director’s cut"; optional audio tracks: a piano score performed by Japanese silent film composer Mie Yanashita, and a radical accompaniment by American avant-garde musician Loren Connors; a 100 page booklet containing essays, reviews, quotations from Dreyer, Falconetti, and others, and a selection of the production’s set-design blueprints, photographs of physical set-models, and onset stills, and other archival imagery.

Series

Masters of Cinema

Language

Danish

Country

France

Year of release

1928

Notes

Also available on Blu-Ray and dual format DVD Blu-Ray.

Subjects

Film studies; Religious studies

Keywords

Joan of Arc; silent films

Credits

Director

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£17.99

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

105 minutes

Year

2012

Distributor

Name

Eureka Entertainment

Email

info@eurekavideo.co.uk

Web

http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 8459 8054

Fax

020 8459 5162

Address

Unit 9, Ironbridge Close
Great Central Way
London
NW10 OUF

Notes

An independent distributor specialising in releasing classic and early/silent films on DVD, including the Masters of Cinema curated collection of classic and world cinema. Sale via retail outlets.

 

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