The Passion of Joan of Arc
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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.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Paul La Cour, Ralph Christian Holm
Cast: Alexandre Mihalesco, André Berley, Antonin Artaud, Armand Lurville, Dimitri Dimitriev, Eugène Silvain, Fournez-Goffard, Gilbert Dacheux, Gilbert Dalleu, Henri Gaultier, Henri Maillard, Jacques Arnna
