MOVIE · 1928

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Drama110 min

Captured and brought before a church court, Joan of Arc faces interrogation after claiming she heard the voice of God. Falconetti is Joan, the 15th-century teenager whose trial becomes a battle over faith, authority, and whether she will deny her own testimony. As judges and clerics press her with threats, humiliation, and scare tactics, the film stays close to her face and the officials crowding in around her; Eugene Silvain and André Berley are among the men trying to force a confession. A French silent landmark, it narrows Joan’s story to the hours of her trial.