Acting
Maria Falconetti
Born — Died
1892-07-21 — 1946-12-12
Place of birth
Pantin, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Known for
Acting
Credits
9 titles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Renée Jeanne Falconetti (July 21, 1892 – December 12, 1946), sometimes credited as Maria Falconetti, Marie Falconetti, Renée Maria Falconetti, or, simply, Falconetti, was a French stage and film actress, notable for her role as Joan of Arc in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 silent film, La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc. Description above from the Wikipedia article Renée Jeanne Falconetti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
8.0A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.
The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928
9.0No synopsis available yet.
La comtesse de Somerive
1917
7.2The film's subject is a photograph of Jane Fonda visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War. It asks what the position of the intellectual should be in the class struggle and points out the irony of Jane Fonda's participation in the photo shoot, which was staged.
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
No synopsis available yet.
The Clown
1917
8.0A 12-hour installation piece comprising slowed-down footage of Renée Jeanne Falconetti in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 film La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc.
Jeanne Marie Renée
2002
6.0Joan of Arc and Dorothy of Kansas become one thanks to Hildegard von Bingen.
Mirror
1999
