"La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc" by Carl-Theodor Dreyer, France 1928
Carl-Theodor Dreyer's "La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc" (France, 1928) is considered one of the most impressive films in cinema history. Dreyer tells the story of Joan of Arc's final hours in a radical visual language and with extraordinary close-ups - concentrated, uncompromising and deeply moving. The film dispenses almost entirely with opulent sets and unfolds its effect solely through faces, looks and emotions, and in the St. Laurentius Church in Schönberg, this iconic work can be experienced anew with live music: Veronica Otto (composition, voice & cello) and Fabian Ernst (percussion) merge image and sound into an intense overall experience.
