The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928 | Drama | France | Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Overview
Maria Falconetti, shot mostly in stark closeups, carries the trial and martyrdom of Joan. Dreyer discarded sets and makeup for raw human texture. The film flopped, was cut and censored and lost, then reconstructed from a pristine print found in a Norwegian mental hospital in 1981. Silent acting at its absolute summit.
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