Length: 81'
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Screenplay: Carl Theodor Dreyer, based on texts by Joseph Delteil and on the trial records
Cinematography: Rudolph Maté
Production Design: Hermann Warm, Jean Hugo
Editing: Marguerite Beaugé
Production: Société Générale des Films
Cast: Maria Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud
Silent film with live piano accompaniment: Filipe Raposo.
In 1431, during the final day of her trial for heresy, Joan of Arc faces a hostile ecclesiastical court. Accused of wearing men’s clothing and of hearing divine voices, the young peasant defends her faith with unshakeable conviction until the moment of her execution at the stake. Shot on minimalist sets and with a radical use of the close-up, the film reconstructs the trial based on the original court records.
SUNDAY MAY 3 – 22:30h – Church of San Domingos