THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
synopsis
Giovanna is taken to the Inquisition court. . After the accusation of blasphemy continues to pray in ecstasy . A friar thinks that Giovanna is a saint, but is taken away by the soldiers. Giovanna sees a cross in the shadow and feels comforted. She is not considered a daughter of God but a daughter of the devil and is sentenced to torture. Giovanna D 'Arco says that even if she dies she will not deny anything. The eyes are twisted by terror in front of the torture wheel and faint. Giovanna is taken to a bed where they are bleeding. Giovanna feels that she is about to die and asks to be buried in a consecrated area. Giovanna burns at the stake while devoted ladies cry.
international title: | The Passion of Joan of Arc |
original title: | La passion de Jeanne d'Arc |
country: | France |
year: | 1928 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Carl Theodor Dreyer |
film run: | 110' |
release date: | DK 21/04/1928, FR 25/10/1928, DE 1928, IT 18/01/1929, PT 18/03/1929, NL 09/11/1929, UK 06/01/1930, SE 09/05/1932, PL 23/05/1956, FI 25/03/1967, TR 12/04/2009, ES 15/03/2011 |
screenplay: | Joseph Delteil, Carl Theodor Dreyer |
cast: | Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley |
cinematography by: | Rudolph Maté |
costumes designer: | Valentine Hugo |