Drama · History
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Avg rating 8.9 / My rating TBC
1928 · Directed by Carl T. Dreyer · With Maria Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley
- Silent Cinema
- Art Cinema
- Auteur Cinema
Rouen, 1431. A young peasant woman who says she hears divine voices is questioned by a panel of churchmen determined to make her contradict herself. Dreyer builds the whole film around the faces in that room and the pressure between them.
Film info
- Runtime
- 1h 21m · 81 min
- Format
- Silent, black and white, roughly 1.33:1, with intertitles taken from the trial record. Music depends on the version you watch.
- IMDb
- 8.1 / 10 (67,728 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 98% (critics)
- Metacritic
- 98 / 100
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (audience, 1,136 votes)
- Trailer
- ▶ Watch the trailer
Have you seen it?
Everything past this point contains spoilers
The story, key scenes, ending and legacy are all revealed. If you haven't watched the film yet, the Before watching guide is built to be read first.