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Spiritual rapture and institutional hypocrisy come to stark, vivid life in one of the most transcendent masterpieces of the silent era. Chronicling the trial of Joan of Arc in the hours leading up to her execution, Danish master Carl Theodor Dreyer depicts her torment with startling immediacy, employing an array of techniques—expressionistic lighting, interconnected sets, painfully intimate close-ups—to immerse viewers in her subjective experience. Anchoring Dreyer’s audacious formal experimentation is a legendary performance by Renée Falconetti, whose haunted face channels both the agony and the ecstasy of martyrdom.
Original Release
04/21/1928
US Release
03/28/1929
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Maria Falconetti | Jeanne d'Arc |
Eugene Silvain | Évêque Pierre Cauchon (Bishop Pierre Cauchon) / 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 | Juge (Judge) / Judge |
Jacques Arnna | Juge (Judge) / Judge |
Directors
Writers
Joseph Delteil, Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cast
Name | Character |
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Maria Falconetti | Jeanne d'Arc |
Eugene Silvain | Évêque Pierre Cauchon (Bishop Pierre Cauchon) / 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 | Juge (Judge) / Judge |
Jacques Arnna | Juge (Judge) / Judge |
Alexandre Mihalesco | Juge (Judge) / Judge |
Léon Larive | Juge (Judge) / Judge |
Jean Aymé | Juge (Judge) |
Gilbert Dacheux | Juge (Judge) |
Gilbert Dalleu | Jean Lemaître |
Paul Delauzac | Martin Ladvenu |
Dimitri Dimitriev | Juge (Judge) |
Fournez-Goffard | Juge (Judge) |
Henri Gaultier | Juge (Judge) |
Paul Jorge | Juge (Judge) |