| Description |
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 libretto (25 pages ; 16 cm) |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 62 |
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The Classic collection |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 62.
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Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
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| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1; (1.33:1). |
| Language |
Silent film with French intertitles, optional English subtitles and optional oratorio soundtrack sung in Latin and French. |
| 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 |
"The Cinémathèque française presents a film restored in 1985." |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1928. |
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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. |
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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. |
| Summary |
Dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc centering on her trial and execution. |
| Subject |
Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 -- Drama.
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Christian saints -- France -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Indexed Term |
Jeanne, d'arc, Sainte, 1412-1431 Drame |
| Subject |
DVDs.
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| Added Author |
Dreyer, Carl Theodor, 1889-1968.
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Falconetti, Renée, 1892-1946.
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Silvain, Eugène-Charles-Joseph, 1851-1930.
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Schutz, Maurice.
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Artaud, Antonin, 1896-1948.
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Dalleu, Gilbert, 1890-1931.
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Narucki, Susan.
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Falconetti, Hélène, 1915-
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Einhorn, Richard, 1952 August 2-
Voices of light.
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Janus Films.
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Gaumont (Firm)
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Société générale de films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Cinémathèque française.
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Anonymous 4 (Musical group)
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Groot Omroepkoor.
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Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting)
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| Added Title |
Passion of Joan of Arc |
| Note |
Title on container: Carl Th. Dreyer's the passion of Joan of Arc |
| Added Title |
Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
0780022343 |
| Standard No. |
037429139820 |
| Music No. |
PAS050 Criterion Collection |
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