Amoeba Music

Spiritual rapture and institutional hypocrisy come to stark, vivid life in one of the most transcendent masterpieces of the silent era. Chronicling the trial of Joan of Arc in the hours leading up to her execution, Danish master Carl Theodor Dreyer depicts her torment with startling immediacy, employing an array of techniques—expressionistic lighting, interconnected sets, painfully intimate close-ups—to immerse viewers in her subjective experience. Anchoring Dreyer’s audacious formal experimentation is a legendary performance by Renée Falconetti, whose haunted face channels both the agony and the ecstasy of martyrdom.

Special Features:

• Richard Einhorn’s Voices of Light score
• Audio essay by Casper Tybjerg
• Production design archive
• History of alternate versions
• Interview excerpts with the star's daughter
• Essay by Richard Einhorn on Voices of light
• Video essay on the music's production
• Libretto booklet