The Passion of Joan of Arc

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writers: Joseph Delteil, Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cast: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley
Year: 1928
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This is just as powerful as anything I have ever seen, perhaps more powerful. Plenty of facial close-ups to show expressions of pain, fear, evil, but at the same time Dreyer is able turn these human expressions into beautiful art frame after frame. To portrait a story like Joan of Arc is no easy job, but this is done marvelously.

My Rating: 10/10

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