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20. The Passion of Joan of Arc

Tue Jun 17, 2025, 01:02 AM

Jun 17

A 1928 silent film. It's one of the best silent films I've ever seen. The interrogation of Joan of Arc was carefully recorded by scribes, and that written record still exists. It is essentially the script for this film, which is why the film is so good, and so realistic. That this film is so realistic is why I cannot bear to watch it again, because of the burning at the stake scene at the end.

-- Ron

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019254/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_3_in_0_q_The%2520Passion%2520of%2520Joan

This is the imdb page, but I think you can watch the film itself on YouTube.

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