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La Passion de Jeanne D'Arc [videorecording] = 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.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: PAS050 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: French, Latin Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 62. | Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)Publication details: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [1999].Description: 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 libretto (25 p. ; 16 cm.)ISBN:
  • 0780022343
  • 9780780022348
Other title:
  • Passion of Joan of Arc
  • Title on container: Carl Th. Dreyer's the passion of Joan of Arc
Uniform titles:
  • Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1997.P28 D743 1999
Contents:
La passion de Jeanne d'Arc (82 min.) -- Richard Einhorn's Voices of light : a choral and orchestral work / performed by vocal group Anonymous 4, soloist Susan Narucki, and the Radio Netherlands Philharmonic and Choir -- Audio essay / Casper Tybjerg, a Dreyer scholar from the University of Copenhagen -- A history of Passion's many versions, with clips -- Audio interview excerpts with the star's daughter, Hélène Falconetti -- An essay by Richard Einhorn on Joan of Arc and Voices of light, plus a video essay on the music's production -- Restoration.
Production credits:
  • Photography, Rudolph Maté; music, Richard Einhorn.
Cast: Renée Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, Gilbert Dalleu, Jean d'Yd, Lois Ravet.Summary: Dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc centering on her trial and execution.
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DVDs DVDs American University in Dubai American University in Dubai AUDIO & DVD Collection DVD Pass (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5091241

DVD; Dolby digital 5.1; (1.33:1).

Silent film with French intertitles, optional English subtitles and optional oratorio soundtrack sung in Latin and French.

Renée Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, Gilbert Dalleu, Jean d'Yd, Lois Ravet.

Photography, Rudolph Maté; music, Richard Einhorn.

"The Cinémathèque française presents a film restored in 1985."

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1928.

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.

Dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc centering on her trial and execution.

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.

La passion de Jeanne d'Arc (82 min.) -- Richard Einhorn's Voices of light : a choral and orchestral work / performed by vocal group Anonymous 4, soloist Susan Narucki, and the Radio Netherlands Philharmonic and Choir -- Audio essay / Casper Tybjerg, a Dreyer scholar from the University of Copenhagen -- A history of Passion's many versions, with clips -- Audio interview excerpts with the star's daughter, Hélène Falconetti -- An essay by Richard Einhorn on Joan of Arc and Voices of light, plus a video essay on the music's production -- Restoration.

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