Movie: "La passion de Jeanne dArc"

Release Date: Apr 1928 Genres: Biography / Drama / History Runtime: 88 min Cast: Maria Falconetti (Jeanne d'Arc), Eugene Silvain (Évêque Pierre Cauchon...), André Berley (Jean d'Estivet) Maurice Schutz (Nicolas Loyseleur) Antonin Artaud (Jean Massieu) Michel Simon (Jean Lemaître) Jean d'Yd (Guillaume Evrard) Louis Ravet (Jean Beaupère (as Ravet)) Armand Lurville (Juge (Judge) (as André Lurville)) Jacques Arnna (Juge (Judge)) Alexandre Mihalesco (Juge (Judge)) Léon Larive (Juge (Judge)) Jean Aymé (Juge (Judge) (uncredited)) Gilbert Dacheux (Juge (Judge) (uncredited)) Gilbert Dalleu (Jean Lemaître (uncredited)) Paul Delauzac (Martin Ladvenu (uncredited)) Fournez-Goffard (Juge (Judge) (uncredited)) Henri Gaultier (Juge (Judge) (uncredited)) Paul Jorge (Juge (Judge) (uncredited)) Henri Maillard (Juge (Judge) (uncredited)) Raymond Narlay (Juge (Judge) (uncredited))

Storyline

The sufferings of a martyr, Jeanne D'Arc (1412-1431). Jeanne appears in court where Cauchon questions her and d'Estivet spits on her. She predicts her rescue, is taken to her cell, and judges forge evidence against her. In her cell, priests interrogate her and judges deny her the Mass. Threatened first in a torture chamber and then offered communion if she will recant, she refuses. At a cemetery, in front of a crowd, a priest and supporters urge her to recant; she does, and Cauchon announces her sentence. In her cell, she explains her change of mind and receives communion. In the courtyard at Rouen castle, she burns at the stake; the soldiers turn on the protesting crowd.