The Passion of Joan of Arc

1928 [FRENCH]

Action / Biography / Drama / History

50
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 93% · 63 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 93% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 8.1/10 10 67318 67.3K

suffering court case judge sentence woman martyr heresy

Plot summary

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.

Director

Carl Theodor Dreyer Photo
Carl Theodor Dreyer

Top cast

Michel Simon Photo
Michel Simon as Jean Lemaître
Louis Ravet Photo
Louis Ravet as Jean Beaupère
Dimitri Dimitriev Photo
Dimitri Dimitriev as Juge
Henri Gaultier Photo
Henri Gaultier as Juge
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
702.47 MB
968*720
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
Seeds 5
1.31 GB
1440*1072
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
Seeds 37

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Wistfull 7 / 10

A milestone in film history

Technically interesting, but lacking in storyline - they could have built the tension much better, I think. Maybe it would work better if I cared about religion. Also the recently invented close-ups were taken a bit too far, as it was difficult to tell who was who with all the monk men looking so similar.Still, some neat images in this one, and definitely an important work in the history of cinema. Recommended as a study of advances in early filmmaking.
Reviewed by danielgonjacob 9 / 10

A brief description of the beautiful

Speechless. What about the angular planes of the camera, the backgrounds, the takes that complement the true dialogues, the painful features, the pleasant combination of fact and art, and liturgical music? Watching this open leaves aside the simple fact of absorbing historical content, but it becomes, at the same time, an act of understanding the soul Carl T. Dreyer and especially Jeanne D'arc.
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