The Passion of Joan of Arc Blu-ray

Release Year: 1928

Runtime: 81 min

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer

Cast: Maria Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud

Studios: Société générale des films

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.

Special Features:

New 2K digital restoration of the film by Gaumont, presented at 24 frames per second

Alternate presentation of the film at 20 frames per second with original Danish intertitles

Three scores

Richard Einhorn's 'Voices of Light'; one by Goldfrapp's Will Gregory and Portishead's Adrian Utley; and one by composer and pianist Mie Yanashita.

Audio commentary from 1999 by film scholar Casper Tybjerg

New interview with Einhorn

New conversation between Gregory and Utley

New video essay by Tybjerg exploring the debate over the film's frame rate

Interview from 1995 with actor Renée Falconetti's daughter and biographer, Hélène Falconetti

Version history

Production design archive

Trailer

New English subtitle translations

PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Le Fanu, a 1929 director's statement by Carl Theodor Dreyer, and the full libretto for Voices of Light

Technical Specifications:

• DTS-HD Master Audio
• 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio