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Gaumont
Directed by: Carl Th. Dreyer
Featuring: Renee Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, Andre Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, Gilbert Dalleu, Jean d'Yd, Louis Ravet
Spiritual rapture and institutional hypocrisy come to stark, vivid life in one of the most transcendent masterpieces of the silent era. Chronicling the trial of Joan of Arc in the days leading up to her execution, Danish master Carl Theodor Dreyer depicts her torment with startling immediacy, employing an array of techniques—including expressionistic lighting, interconnected sets, and painfully intimate close-ups—to immerse viewers in her subjective experience. Anchoring Dreyer’s audacious formal experimentation is a legendary performance by Renée Falconetti, whose haunted face channels both the agony and the ecstasy of martyrdom.
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Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
Musical Score PCM Stereo 2.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
1080i/60
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Gallery, Video Essay, Alternate Version, Alternate Score, Interview, Booklet
- Alternate presentation of the film at 20 frames per second with original Danish intertitles
- Three scores: Richard Einhorn’s Voices of Light, a choral and orchestral work performed by vocal group Anonymous 4, soloist Susan Narucki, and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Choir; another by Goldfrapp’s Will Gregory and Portishead’s Adrian Utley; and the third composed and performed by pianist Mie Yanashita
- Audio essay by Casper Tybjerg, a Dreyer scholar from the University of Copenhagen
- New interview with Robert Einhorn
- New conversation between Will Gregory and Adrian Utley
- New video essay by Casper Tybjerg exploring the debate over the film’s frame rate
- Interview from 1995 with actor Renée Falconetti’s daughter and biographer, Hélène Falconetti
- A history of Passions many versions, with clips
- An extensive production design archive
- An essay by critic Mark Le Fanu, a 1929 director’s statement by Carl Th. Dreyer, and the full libretto for Voices of Light
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The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Passion of Joan of Arc is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. This new digital restoration by Gaumont and the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée was created in 2K resolution from a duplicate negative made from an original positive print held by the Danish Film Institute. which also provided the original Danish intertitles presented in the 20-frame-per-second version.
The recording of Richard Einhorn's Voices of Light presented here, from 1995, features performances by Anonymous 4, soprano soloist Susan Narucki, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Choir, and other musicians, conducted by Steven Mercurio. Grace Row produced the recording.
Adrian Utley and Will Gregory's score, produced with the support of Colston Hall and Watershed in Bristol, England, and Hauser & Wirth Somerset, is a combination of live recordings from two 2016 performances, one at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London and the other at Wells Cathedral in Somerset. The twenty-piece ensemble conducted by Charles Hazlewood features an eight-piece choir, a brass quintet, and five electric guitars, as well as synths, percussion, and three medieval harps. Special guest Jónsi Birgisson is featured as a vocal soloist.
The Mie Yanashita score was recorded at the Lutheran Ichigaya Hall in Tokyo on July 11 and 12, 2005, by producer Fumiaki Kimura and recording engineers Masaru Usui and Miho Arima.
The recording of Richard Einhorn's Voices of Light presented here, from 1995, features performances by Anonymous 4, soprano soloist Susan Narucki, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Choir, and other musicians, conducted by Steven Mercurio. Grace Row produced the recording.
Adrian Utley and Will Gregory's score, produced with the support of Colston Hall and Watershed in Bristol, England, and Hauser & Wirth Somerset, is a combination of live recordings from two 2016 performances, one at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London and the other at Wells Cathedral in Somerset. The twenty-piece ensemble conducted by Charles Hazlewood features an eight-piece choir, a brass quintet, and five electric guitars, as well as synths, percussion, and three medieval harps. Special guest Jónsi Birgisson is featured as a vocal soloist.
The Mie Yanashita score was recorded at the Lutheran Ichigaya Hall in Tokyo on July 11 and 12, 2005, by producer Fumiaki Kimura and recording engineers Masaru Usui and Miho Arima.
The Passion of Joan of Arc