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La Passion de Jeanne D'Arc = The passion of Joan of Arc / Janus Films ; Gaumont ; Cinémathèque Française ; la Société générale de films ; scénario, Carl Theodor Dreyer avec la collaboration de Joseph Delteil ; un film de Carl Th. Dreyer.
LIBRA DVD 009 924 disc + booklet + pamphlet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Tybjerg, Casper, author.
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 62.
- Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
- Criterion collection ; 62
- Classic collection
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431--Drama.
- Joan.
- Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431.
- Motion pictures, French.
- Oratorios.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Silent films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sl., black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + Voices of Light libretto booklet (25 pages ; 16 cm) ; pamphlet ([6] pages ; 19 cm).
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Passion of Joan of Arc
- Container title: Carl Th. Dreyer's The passion of Joan of Arc
- Place of Publication:
- [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [1999]
- Language Note:
- Silent film with French intertitles and optional English subtitles and musical soundtrack.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby Digital
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc centering on her trial and execution.
- Participant:
- Renée Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, Gilbert Dalleu, Jean d'Yd, Lois Ravet.
- Credits:
- Photography, Rudolph Mate ; edited by Dreyer ; music by Richard Einhorn.
- Notes:
- Optional musical soundtrack features Richard Einhorn's oratorio "Visions of Light" performed by Anonymous 4, Susan Narucki, The Netherlands Radio Choir and The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic.
- Originally released as a motion picture in France in 1928.
- Special features include: audio essay by Casper Tybjerg, a Dreyer scholar from University of Copenhagen; an extensive production design archive; 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.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0780022343
- OCLC:
- 42833429
- Publisher Number:
- 3742913982
- PAS050 Criterion Collection
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