The Passion of Joan of Arc

This piece is from Richard Einhorn's score for Dreyer's silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc. Lyrics by Hildegard von Bingen.

Incredible film. Without question, one of the best performances in the history of cinema.

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O feminea forma, o soror sapientie,
quam gloriosa es!
Quoniam fortissima vita
in te surrexit
quam mors numquam suffocabit!

English:

O feminine form, o sister of wisdom,
how glorious you are!
For in you has has arisen
the mightiest life
which death shall never stifle!

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• Hildegard
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• Bingen
• Einhorn
• Joan
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• Arc
• Passion
• Renee
• Falconetti
• Dreyer
• feminism
• Catholic
• performing
• arts

[theinkbrain]

this is one of the most beautiful faces i have ever seen

[cosmos34]

The whole film is definitely worth watching.

I think you can find it on YouTube.

[TheCanadianPrairies]

Great music, great film, great Jeanne. :)

[cosmos34]

:-)

Agreed!

[theinkbrain]

i have been watching different clips - her face is stunning - absolutely breath-taking. her expressiveness and pathos... the story is is excruciating and and almost unendurable - unbearably tragic. i will have to be drunk to watch the whole thing, because i coudnt handle it sober. thank you for posting this gem.

[xxtamaraxx3015]

@8935wm i cried too when i watched it.Seemed as if i was tehre or soemthing, crazy

[xxtamaraxx3015]

Iwas flipping through channels yesterday , and this film caught my attention. i watched the entire film, and its pretty good. Did soem research on it today to get a full understanding. If you havent seen it,then u should :)

[IronicallyVague]

Anyone know the story of why an insane asylum had the a copy of this film when it was thought lost to fire decages before?

[kramotakra]

truly that lady was a child of God!

Shed billion tears watching the 1928 masterpiece!

[graceisaverb]

I had no idea that this music was attached to a film...and venerating St.Jeanne d'Arc! This has made me very happy...thank you.

[8935wm]

I first saw this movie on TCM on a Sunday night. It is so moving. The music fits the movie like a glove. I do cry whenever I watch this movie. They don't make films like this anymore. This is  1000000 times better than all the computer generated movies of today. The movies of today lack compassion and depth.

[yohannbiimu]

I agree with everyone here about this film. The music used in the Criterion Collection release of it is perfect, so much so that I can't imagine watching it without it. That said Renee Falconetti's performance as Joan of Arc is unbelievable. One of the most wonderful film performances ever by anyone. It is unbelievable to me that she never again acted in a film after this. She must have turned down dozens of offers.