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PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC French large OR search current auctions Auction History Result 7h001 PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC linen French 31x47 '28 Dreyer, different art of Falconetti by Briol! Date Sold 9/24/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked French Movie Poster (31x47; measures 31 1/2" x 47 1/2") (Learn More) La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (released in the U.S. in 1929 as "The Passion of Joan of Arc"), the classic 1928 Carl Theodor Dreyer French silent historical France religious biography ("An immortal screen classic that will live forever with Mlle. Falconetti, the world's most outstanding screen artist"; "English Dialogue by David Ross of Radio Fame"; of the trial of the famous French saint) starring Maria Falconetti (in the title role as Jeanne d'Arc/Joan of Arc), Eugene Silvain, Andre Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, and Michel Simon. Note that director Carl Dreyer was Danish, but he went to France because he wanted to make films, and in the 1920s, there was a limited film industry. Before making this movie, he studied the actual transcripts of the trial, and used much of it in the movie. The movie was very controversial on its first release, especially because Dreyer was not French, and he was making this movie about France's beloved saint! After it was first released, the archbishop of Paris demanded several cuts, and the censors obliged, and Dreyer could not stop them. Then the original negative of the movie was destroyed in a fire! Dreyer created a new version of the movie by using outtakes and other unused footage, and then that version was destroyed in a different fire (making the origin of both fires very suspicious). In 1933, it was re-released in a 61-minute shorter version that included narration by radio star David Ross, and no intertitles at all. In 1961, Joseph-Marie Lo Duca found a copy of the negative of the second version, and he re-released it, which was great, but he added a score and subtitles instead of intertitles, and Dreyer was not happy with this version. Finally, years later, the Danish Film Indistute created a version of the movie that was a combination of all known versions, and which is considered most faithful to Dreyer's original version! This movie is rightfully considered one of the handful of greatest movies ever made (in 2012, it was voted the 9th best movie of all time in the Sight and Sound poll). The movie was believed lost for many years until 1984. Four years later, Dreyer went on to make "Vampyr", another movie that is hailed as a classic. But his difficulties in obtaining financing resulted in it taking 11 years until he made his next movie, "Day of Wrath", and another 12 years before he made "Ordet". Though he made fewer movies than almost any other major director, Dreyer is considered one of the most important film directors of all time! Artist: Alboris Important Added Info: Note that this is a rare "country of origin" poster for this French movie! Also note that in our last "mini/major" auction we sold the 47" x 63" French one-panel poster from this classic movie. This 31" x 47" poster has a completely different image from that one-panel poster, with a much larger image of Maria Falconetti! Condition: very good. The poster had small paper loss at some crossfolds and some tiny dots of paper loss on some foldlines. There were some tiny tears and tiny areas of paper loss in the edges of the blank borders. There was some sort of staining or censor stamp in the white background area next to the "LA" of the title. A really expert restorer painted over that area and expertly matched it to the surrounding white background (it was a circular area around 4" in diameter, but it is 100% in the white area and does not touch the girl's face or figure). Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking (other than the stain or stamp in the background described above, it was in pretty nice condition). The poster was quite nicely backed, with special care taken in the background area described above, and the rest of the poster has had only minimal restoration, and the poster displays incredibly well! Learn More about condition grades 
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