UW Cinematheque - Special Presentations
The Passion of Joan of Arc | France | 1928 | DCP | 81 min. | French intertitles with English subtitles Director: Carl Th. Dreyer
Event Details
Date
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Renée Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, Michel Simon
Jeanne d’Arc’s final hours are transformed by Dreyer into a transcendent meditation on faith and sacrifice, rendered with searing immediacy and spiritual intensity. Falconetti’s iconic performance, framed in haunting close-ups, captures the raw agony and divine grace of martyrdom. A supreme masterpiece of the silent era, The Passion of Joan of Arc will be presented in a version beautifully scored for chorus and orchestra by Richard Einhorn.
Jeanne d’Arc’s final hours are transformed by Dreyer into a transcendent meditation on faith and sacrifice, rendered with searing immediacy and spiritual intensity. Falconetti’s iconic performance, framed in haunting close-ups, captures the raw agony and divine grace of martyrdom. A supreme masterpiece of the silent era, The Passion of Joan of Arc will be presented in a version beautifully scored for chorus and orchestra by Richard Einhorn.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-3627 or email ben.reiser@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Reasonable effort will be made to support your request.