The Passion of Joan of Arc(2017)

Name: The Passion of Joan of Arc
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Released: Nov 24, 2017
Cast: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz

Janus Films

1h 54m

Release Date: Nov 24, 2017

In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy, and the ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force her to recant her claims of holy visions.

Release Details

Original Release | Nov 24, 2017 | Limited

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Box Office Results

2025-02-02T04:50:43.182Z

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Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$6,408
Total US & Canada:
$21,877
Total Worldwide:
$22,731

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Director & Top Cast

Carl Theodor Dreyer
Director

Maria Falconetti
Jeanne d'Arc

Eugene Silvain
Évêque Pierre Cauchon (Bishop Pierre Cauchon)

André Berley
Jean d'Estivet

Maurice Schutz
Nicolas Loyseleur

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Silent

Aspect Ratio: 1.33 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: France

Language: None,French,Latin

Summaries

Plot Summary

After having led numerous military battles against the English during the Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc is captured near Compiegne and eventually brought to Rouen, Normandy to stand trial for heresy by French clergymen loyal to the English.On 30 May 1431 Joan is interrogated by the French clerical court. Her judges try to make her say something that will discredit her claim or shake her belief that she has been given a mission by God to drive the English from France, but she remains steadfast. One or two of them, believing that she is indeed a saint, support her. The authorities then resort to deception. A priest reads a false letter to the illiterate prisoner supposedly from King Charles VII of France, telling her to trust in the bearer. When that too fails, Joan is taken to view the torture chamber, but the sight, though it causes her to faint, does not intimidate her.When she is threatened with burning at the stake, she finally breaks and allows a priest to guide her hand in signing a confession. However, the judge then condemns her to life imprisonment.As the jailer shaves her head, she realises she has been unfaithful to God. She demands that the judges return and she recants her confession.As more and more around her begin to recognise her true faith and calling she is permitted a final communion mass. She is then dressed in sack-cloth and taken to the place of execution. She helps the executioner tie her bonds. The crowds gather and the fire is lit. As the flames rise the women weep and a man cries out "you have burned a saint". The troops prepare for a riot. As the flames consume Joan the troops and crowd clash and people are killed. Joan is consumed by the flames but they protect her soul as it rises to heaven.

Storyline

Giovanna is taken to the Inquisition court and continues to pray in ecstasy after she's accused of blasphemy. A friar thinks that she's a saint but the solders take him away. Giovanna sees a cross in the shadow and feels comforted. She is not considered a daughter of God but a daughter of the devil and is sentenced to torture. Giovanna D 'Arco says that even if she dies she will not deny anything. The eyes are twisted by terror in front of the torture wheel and she faints and is taken to a bed, where she bleeds. When she feels that she is about to die, she asks to be buried in a consecrated area. While devoted ladies cry, Giovanna burns at the stake. — luigicavaliere Imprisoned by the Burgundians at Beaurevoir Castle, then moved by the English to the impregnable Rouen Castle, Joan of Arc--France's most charismatic commander, brave leader during the Siege of Compiègne, and a national symbol for the French cause during the Hundred Years' War--finds herself standing trial for heresy. Interrogated by the Cardinal of Winchester in her prison, and mocked by the judge, Bishop Pierre Cauchon, and prosecutor Jean d'Estivet, for claiming to see visions of St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret, Joan of Arc is forced to recant and repent, having to endure degradation, torture, and the ordeal of endless sessions of cross-examinations, from January 9, 1431, to March 26, 1431. On May 30, 1431, Joan of Arc is labeled a false prophetess, a blasphemer, and a sorceress, and burned at the stake at the Old Marketplace in Rouen. — Nick Riganas The true story of Martyr Lady Joan comes to life in 1928's defining feature film: The Passion of Joan of Arc. At the mercy of the English Church, Joan must defend her honour and faith during the final and dwindling hours of her life. These final moments will see Joan become a legend: born from adversity. — Johnny-the-Film-Sentinel-2187 The sufferings of martyr Jeanne D'Arc (1412-1431). Jeanne appears in court where Cauchon questions her and d'Estivet spits on her. She predicts her rescue and is taken to her cell, and judges forge evidence against her. In her cell, priests interrogate her and judges deny her the Mass. Threatened first in a torture chamber and then offered communion if she will recant, she refuses. At a cemetery, in front of a crowd, a priest and supporters urge her to recant; she does, and Cauchon announces her sentence. In her cell, she explains her change of mind and receives communion. In the courtyard at Rouen castle, she burns at the stake; the soldiers turn on the protesting crowd. —