Janus Films has released a promotional video for the new 4K restoration of director Carl Theodor Dreyer's classic film
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), starring Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, and Antonin Artaud.
Synopsis: With its stunning camera work and striking compositions, Carl Th. Dreyer's
The Passion of Joan of Arc convinced the world that movies could be art. Renée Falconetti gives one of the greatest performances ever recorded on film as the young maiden who died for God and France. Long thought to have been lost to fire, the original version was miraculously found in perfect condition in 1981—in a Norwegian mental institution.
* In 2016, Georges Méliès'
Joan of Arc (1900) was also fully restored in 4K. The digital restoration was completed from a nitrate hand-painted copy part of the collection of Madeleine Malthête-Méliès, with the generous contribution of the Filmoteca Cataluyna.