Passion de Jeanne dArc
Subtitle: The passion of Joan of Arc
By: produced by Issa Clubb ; writers, Joseph Delteil, Carl Theodor Dreyer ; directed by Carl Th. Dreyer
Contributors: Falconetti, Renée, 1892-1946, actor; Silvain, Eugène-Charles-Joseph, 1851-1930, actor; Berley, André, 1890-1936, actor
Edition: Blu-ray special edition.
Series: The Criterion collection -- 62; Criterion collection -- 62.
Published: 2018
Format: [videorecording] =
Number of pages: 81
Subjects: Drama
Other titles: Passion of Joan of Arc
Description: Dramatizes the trial of the country girl who led the armies of France in triumph against the English.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1928.

Full screen 1.33:1.

Essay by critic Mark Le Fanu, a 1929 director's statement by Carl Theodor Dreyer, and the full libretto for Voices of light in container.

Features: alternate presentation of the film at 20 frames per second with original Danish intertitles; Three scores: Richard Einhorn's Voices of light, one by Goldfrapp's Will Gregory and Portishead's Adrian Utley, and one by composer and pianist Mie Yanashita; audio commentary from 1999 by film scholar Casper Tybjerg; new interview with Einhorn; new conversation between Gregory and Utley; new video essay by Tybjerg exploring the debate over the film's frame rate; interview from 1995 with actor Renée Falconetti's daughter and biographer, Hélène Falconetti; Version history; production design archive; trailer; new English subtitle translations.

Melle Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

This is a Blu-ray disc made for Blu-ray disc players and will not play in standard DVD players.

For private home use only.

Silent film with Danish or French intertitles, optional English subtitles, and musical score.