1928 · drama · silent
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer1h 21m1928
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.
Our read: The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama · silent entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / silent, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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- intense
- signature
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