, La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc

10/11/2009 - 2:15pm

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Film: , La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc

Country:Cameroon

Director:Carl Theodore Dreyer

Program:African Panorama

Venues:Kino Hut

Description:

This film details the last hours of the life of Joan of Arc: her trial, imprisonment, torture, and execution.
Robert Bresson, Le Process de Jeanne d’Arc (France, 1962, 65 min.)
Bresson's screenplay evinces a commitment to historical documents as it is strictly drawn from the transcriptions of Joan's trial and rehabilitation.

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