| Description |
1 videodisc (82 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 62 |
|
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 62.
|
| System Details |
DVD, fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1. |
| Cast |
Renée Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, Gilbert Dalleu, Jean d'Yd, Lois Ravet. |
| Credits |
Photography, Rudolph Maté; music, Richard Einhorn. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1928. |
|
Optional soundtrack features Richard Einhorn's oratorio "Voices of light" inspired by the silent motion picture and performed by Anonymous 4, Susan Narucki, the Netherlands Radio Choir and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic. |
| Summary |
Dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc centering on her trial and execution. |
| Note |
Special features: an extensive production design archive; Audio essay / Casper Tybjerg, a Dreyer scholar from the University of Copenhagen; a history of Passion's many versions, with clips; audio interview with Falconetti's daughter; an essay by Richard Einhorn on Joan of Arc and Voices of Light; Voices of Light libretto booklet, including the medieval texts used in Einhorn's composition. |
| Language |
Silent film with French intertitles, optional English subtitles and optional oratorio soundtrack sung in Latin and French. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 -- Drama.
|
|
Christian saints -- France -- Drama.
|
| Genre/Form |
Biographical films.
|
|
Historical films.
|
|
Feature films.
|
|
Silent films.
|
| Added Author |
Dreyer, Carl Theodor, 1889-1968.
|
|
Falconetti, Renée, 1892-1946.
|
|
Silvain, Eugène-Charles-Joseph, 1851-1930.
|
|
Schutz, Maurice.
|
|
Artaud, Antonin, 1896-1948.
|
|
Dalleu, Gilbert, 1890-1931.
|
|
Narucki, Susan.
|
|
Falconetti, Hélène, 1915-
|
|
Einhorn, Richard, 1952 August 2-
Voices of light.
|
|
Janus Films.
|
|
Gaumont (Firm)
|
|
Société générale de films.
|
|
Criterion Collection (Firm)
|
|
Cinémathèque française.
|
|
Anonymous 4 (Musical group)
|
|
Groot Omroepkoor.
|
|
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting)
|
| Added Title |
Passion of Joan of Arc |
| Note |
Title on container: Carl Th. Dreyer's the passion of Joan of Arc |
| ISBN |
0780022343 |
|
9780780022348 |
| Standard No. |
037429139820 |
| Music No. |
PAS050 Criterion Collection |
|
