Originally produced as a motion picture in 1928.
Optional soundtrack features Richard Einhorn's oratorio "Voices of light" inspired by the silent motion picture and performed by Anonymous 4, Susan Narucki, the Radio Netherlands Philharmonic and Choir.
Special features: an extensive production design archive; Audio essay; a history of Passion's many versions, with clips; audio interview with Falconetti's daughter; an essay by Richard Einhorn on Joan of Arc and Voices of Light; Voices of Light libretto booklet, including the medieval texts used in Einhorn's composition.
Photography, Rudolph Maté; music, Richard Einhorn.
Renée Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, Michel Simon, Jean d'Yd, Ravet, André Lurville, Jacques Arnna, Alexandre Mihalesco, Léon Larive.
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; Dolby digital 5.1; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Silent film with French intertitles, optional English subtitles and optional oratorio soundtrack sung in Latin and French.
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