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La Passion de Jeanne D'Arc : The passion of Joan of Arc / Janus Films ; Gaumont ; [présénte par] la Société générale de films ; un film de Carl Th. Dreyer ; scénario, Carl Theodor Dreyer avec la collaboration de Joseph Delteil.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [1999]
Description1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 libretto (25 pages ; 16 cm)
Subject(s)
Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431--Drama.
DVD-Video discs.
Feature films.
Silent films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, French.
Oratorios.
Other author/creatorDreyer, Carl Theodor, 1889-1968.
Other author/creatorFalconetti, Renée, 1892-1946.
Other author/creatorSilvain, Eugène-Charles-Joseph, 1851-1930.
Other author/creatorSchutz, Maurice.
Other author/creatorArtaud, Antonin, 1896-1948.
Other author/creatorDalleu, Gilbert, 1890-1931.
Other author/creatorNarucki, Susan.
Other author/creatorEinhorn, Richard, 1952 August 2- Voices of light.
Other author/creatorJanus Films.
Other author/creatorGaumont (Firm)
Other author/creatorSociété générale de films.
Other author/creatorCriterion Collection (Firm)
Other author/creatorCinémathèque française.
Other author/creatorAnonymous 4 (Musical group)
Other author/creatorGroot Omroepkoor.
Other author/creatorRadio Filharmonisch Orkest (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting)
Parallel title Passion of Joan of Arc
Variant title Title on container: Carl Th. Dreyer's the passion of Joan of Arc
Series Criterion collection ; 62
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 62. ^A506835
Abstract Dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc centering on her trial and execution.
General note"The Cinémathèque française presents a film restored in 1985."
General noteOriginally released as a silent motion picture in France in 1928.
General noteOptional 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.
General noteSpecial features: an extensive production design archive; 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.
CreditsPhotography, Rudolph Maté; music, Richard Einhorn.
Cast Renée Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, Gilbert Dalleu, Jean d'Yd, Lois Ravet.
Technical detailsDVD; Dolby digital.
LanguageSilent film with French intertitles, optional English subtitles and optional oratorio soundtrack sung in Latin and French.
ISBN0780022343
Publisher numberPAS050 Criterion Collection

Available Items

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Joyner Compact DVDs PN1997 .P28 D743 1999 DVD ✔ Available Place Hold
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