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5 unusual facts about The Passion of Joan of Arc


Carl Theodor Dreyer

While living in France he met Jean Cocteau, Jean Hugo and other members of the French artistic scene and in 1928 he made his first classic film, The Passion of Joan of Arc.

Optical Music Series

The most recent release is the 2008 soundtrack to Carl Theodor Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc.

Our Relations

The film is distinguished by the camera work of successful dramatic cinematographer Rudolph Maté (The Passion of Joan of Arc).

The Covers Record

In order to take attention away from herself, she projected the 1928 French silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc behind her onstage.

The Criterion Collection

For example The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), M (1931), and the Children of Paradise (1945) discs contain film-cleaning and film-restoration demonstrations, comparing the restored and un-restored images.


Bath Film Festival

In January 2014, a special screening of Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ at Wells Cathedral (along with a companion screening of The Passion of Joan of Arc at Bath Abbey) provoked some controversy; the church defended its decision to allow the screening.


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