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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

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Reviews Counted: 30

Fresh: 29

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 8.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Dreyer's retelling of the trial and martyrdom of Joan of Arc remains one of the most immediate--and startlingly intimate--works of cinema ever produced. Based upon a meticulous study of the... Dreyer's retelling of the trial and martyrdom of Joan of Arc remains one of the most immediate--and startlingly intimate--works of cinema ever produced. Based upon a meticulous study of the transcripts from Joan's trial for heresy in 1431, Dreyer's approach eschewed the grand-scale typical of the epic silent productions of his contemporaries in favor of a stark, angular cinematography filmed almost entirely in close-ups. The result is a stunning, emotional film, carried by French actress Falconetti's inspired, haunting performance, which remains unparalleled to this day. [More]

Starring: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Sylvain, Maurice Schultz, Antonin Artaud

Starring: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Sylvain, Maurice Schultz, Antonin Artaud, Michel Simon, Jean d'Yd, Louis Ravet

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Screenwriter: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Producer: Jean Hugo

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Oct 26, 1999

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A work of formalist beauty and emotional power, with a luminous central performance from Falconetti.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
04/20/09
Channel 4 Film

Here is a deadly tiresome picture that merely makes an attempt to narrate without sound or dialog an allegedly written recorded trial in the 15th or 16th century of Joan of Arc for witchery, leading to her condemnation and burning at the stake.

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05/26/08
Variety Staff
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Dreyer's radical approach to constructing space and the slow intensity of his mobile style make this "difficult" in the sense that, like all the greatest films, it reinvents the world from the ground up.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
02/09/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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One of the most inspired and inspiring films ever made.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
12/30/06
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine

Dreyer's most universally acclaimed masterpiece remains one of the most staggeringly intense films ever made.

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06/24/06
Time Out

No review available.

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06/10/06
Boyd van Hoeij
european-films.net

It is the gifted performance of Maria Falconetti as the Maid of Orleans that rises above everything in this artistic achievement.

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03/25/06
Mordaunt Hall
New York Times
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Few films have earned classic status more than Carl Dreyer's 1928 silent study of the 15th-Century teenager who helped lead French troops against the British only to be tried as a heretic.

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03/24/06
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
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Dreyer shows the power of close-ups to astonishing effect with Maria Falconetti's fantastic singular film acting performance.

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10/10/05
Cole Smithey
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Dreyer's film remains among the most strikingly unusual cinema you're ever likely to see.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
07/13/05
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

No review available.

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07/01/05
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

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06/13/05
Emanuel Levy
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Carl Dreyer's silent classic feaures a mesmerizing Maria Falconetti performance.

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05/28/05
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

Blazing in its intensity, and overwhelming in its poetry.

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07/04/04
Andrea Chase
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07/02/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

One of the great last gasps of the silent era, Dreyer’s classic presents, in a staggering series of close-ups, Joan’s trial before her inquisitors.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
02/24/04
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

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01/16/04
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

In this film Joan again stands accused, and her long silences and simple answers continue to frustrate and confound.

Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide | comment Comment
11/03/03
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide

I fell in to a burning ring of fire

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
09/02/03
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

Stunning in its power, uncompromising in its severity and seriousness, Carl Theodor Dreyer's silent masterpiece from 1928 all but scorches a hole in the screen.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
08/05/03
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
 
 
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