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Passion of Joan of Arc (The) AKA La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)
A chronicle of the trial of Jeanne d'Arc on charges of heresy, and the efforts of her ecclesiastical jurists to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
OVERALL: Draw-
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by Casper Tybjerg, Dreyer scholar from the University of Copenhagen
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Extras:About Voices of Light
- "Movements" - music scene selection
- "Richard Einhorn Essay on Voices of Light and Joan of Arc" (text screens)
- Video essay on "Voices of Light" (5:16)
History and Production:
- "Production Design" (text screens and still gallery)
- "Version History" (text screens and clips from the Lo Duca version of the film)
- Audio interview excerpts with the star's daughter Helene Falconetti (in English) from 1995
-- How Dreyer chose Falconetti (3:29)
-- Working together (0:47)
-- A busy schedule (0:35)
-- Movies versus theater (1:00)
-- Life after Passion (2:43)
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Subtitles:English (optional) for French Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 5.1
Silent Dolby Digital 0.0 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The film is accompanied by Richard Einhorn's Voices of Light, an original orchestral work inspired by the film and performed by renowned choral ensemble Anonymous 4, the Nederlands Radio Choir and the Nederlands Radio Philharmonic.
Includes liner note essay by director Carl Theodor Dreyer and a 25-page Voices of Light libretto booklet, including medieval texts used in Einhorn's composition in the case.
The "silent" audio track is actually a 1.0 track but with complete silence - as director Dreyer originally intended. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
The Film
Interview with Hélène Falconetti (in French) (11:55)
Trailers:
- "Carl Theodor Dreyer Edition" (2:32)
- "The Grand Illusion" (4:07)
- "Pleasure" (4:06)
- "Studio Canal Collection" (1:45)
- "Arthaus Collection Scandinavian Cinema" (1:05)
- "Arthaus Collection French Cinema" (1:05)
DISC TWO
"Who was Joan of Arc?" documentary (in German) (94:25)
"Carl Th Dreyer: My Métier" (in English) (93:10) -
Subtitles:German for French Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
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Case type:Digipak
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Notes:Extras have optional German subtitles.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* 20fps version, with Danish intertitles
Extras:
Restoration Demonstration (2:36)
DISC TWO
* 24fps version, with Danish intertitles
* The Lo Duca version -
Subtitles:English (optional) for Danish Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):20fps:
Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (2005 score by Mie Yanashita)
Silent Dolby Digital 0.0
24fps:
Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (2001 score by Loren Connors)
Silent Dolby Digital 0.0
The Lo Duca version:
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Includes a 100-page book in a slipbox.
"Lo Duca" version of the film - the version that circulated in France and around the world for decades before the rediscovery of Dreyer's "director's cut".
The "silent" audio track is actually a 2.0 track but with complete silence - as director Dreyer originally intended.
Also available as a 3-disc dual format Steelbook edition with the Blu-ray copy and the 100-page book in a slipbox.
Also available as a 3-disc dual format standard edition with the Blu-ray copy and a collector's booklet featuring writing on the film, alongside rare archival production imagery. -
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OVERALL: Draw
- UK release includes three versions of the film, and a 100-page book.
- American release only has one version of the film, but some extensive extras including an audio commentary.
- The German release has lengthy extras, but the film isn't English-friendly.
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CUTS:
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (82:22 NTSC)
- R2 Germany- Arthaus - No cuts (97:35)
- R2 United Kingdom- Eureka - No cuts. Includes the 20fps version (96:22 NTSC), the 24fps version (80:24 NTSC), and the Lo Duca version (77:40 NTSC)
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Comparison added by Noor_Razzak on 27/06/03
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 18/07/16UPDATE LOG:
23/11/14: Added the UK edition, the German edition, updated the US edition's specs and extras, updated the tagline.
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