Passion of Joan of Arc = La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [1999].
Format
DVD
Status
Port Angeles - Digital Video Disc
DVD PASSION
1 available
DVD PASSION
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Port Angeles - Digital Video Disc | DVD PASSION | Available |
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Published
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [1999].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 libretto (25 pages ; 19 cm.)
Language
zxx
UPC
037429139820
Notes
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1928.
General Note
Optional soundtrack features Richard Einhorn's oratorio "Voices of light" inspired by the silent motion picture and performed by Anonymous 4, Susan Narucki, the Radio Netherlands Philharmonic and Choir.
General Note
Special features: an extensive production design archive; Audio essay; 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.
Creation/Production Credits
Photography, Rudolph Maté; music, Richard Einhorn.
Participants/Performers
Renée Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, Michel Simon, Jean d'Yd, Ravet, André Lurville, Jacques Arnna, Alexandre Mihalesco, Léon Larive.
Description
Dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc centering on her trial and execution.
System Details
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; Dolby digital 5.1; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Language
Silent film with French intertitles, optional English subtitles and optional oratorio soundtrack sung in Latin and French.