The Dryden will screen La passion de Jeanne d'arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc, Carl Theodor Dreyer, France 1928, 96 min., 35mm, Danish w/subtitles) as part of the Silent Tuesday series, with live piano accompaniment by Philip C. Carli.

In one of cinema's most beautiful and innovative works, Carl Theodor Dreyer creates a spiritual cinematic experience of the inquisition, trial, and execution of the legendary Joan of Arc, played by the mesmerizing Maria Falconetti in her only major screen performance. Dreyer uses not a single establishing shot, instead choosing the close-up to create an atmosphere of intense emotion, unease, dismay, and ominous disaster.

[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2016-Oct-31]