The passion of joan of arc

"Passion of Joan of Arc, The" Maria Falconetti 1928 **I.V.

Now comes the big endeavor of cataloging my DVD/Blu-ray collection online. For those of you who don't already know, I own close to 1,500 movies! That's been an accumulation of films that I've collected throughout five years. I know, it's an unhealthy habit. But it beats drugs, right? So for anyone who's interested, I'll start…

You cannot know the history of silent film unless you know the face of Renee Maria Falconetti. In a medium without words, where the filmmakers believed that

"The stars are ageless, aren't they?"

Now considered a classic of the silent era, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc is a surprisingly radical take on the tale

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Maria Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)