Joan of Arc at the Stake
1954 Italian film
- 20 December 1954 (1954-12-20)
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Joan of Arc at the Stake (Italian: Giovanna d'Arco al rogo) is a 1954 Italian film directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring his wife Ingrid Bergman, which shows a live performance in December 1953 at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples. It is based on the oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher by Paul Claudel and Arthur Honegger. It was filmed using a color process called Gevacolor.[1]
Plot
The film takes place mostly in a surrealistic fantasy around the time of the execution of Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc, played by Ingrid Bergman, is being burned alive for heresy. In a kind of dream state, she departs from her body and looks back upon her life. She begins this journey depressed and demoralized. However, a priest appears to help guide her. First, he shows her those who accused her in the guise of animal characters, in order to show her their true nature. Then, he shows her the good that she has performed for people. In the end, she is proud of what she has done and is ready to face the flames.
Reception
Like most Bergman and Rossellini collaborations, it did not perform well at the box office.
References
- ^ "Joan Arc". 30 May 2023.
External links
- Joan of Arc at the Stake at IMDb
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Films directed by Roberto Rossellini
- La Vispa Teresa (1939)
- The White Ship (1941)
- A Pilot Returns (1942)
- The Man with a Cross (1943)
- Rome, Open City (1945)
- Desire (1946)
- Paisan (1946)
- L'Amore (1948)
- Germany, Year Zero (1948)
- Stromboli (1950)
- The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
- The Seven Deadly Sins (segment: "Envie, L'Envy", 1952)
- The Machine to Kill Bad People (1952)
- Europe '51 (1952)
- We, the Women (segment: "Ingrid Bergman", 1953)
- Mid-Century Loves (segment: "Napoli 1943", 1954)
- Where Is Freedom? (1954)
- Journey to Italy (1954)
- Fear (1954)
- Giovanna d'Arco al rogo (1954)
- India: Matri Bhumi (1959)
- General Della Rovere (1959)
- Escape by Night (1960)
- Garibaldi (1961)
- Vanina Vanini (1961)
- Anima nera (1962)
- Ro.Go.Pa.G. (segment: "Illibatezza", 1963)
- The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
- Socrates (1971)
- Blaise Pascal (1971)
- Agostino d'Ippona (1972)
- L'età di Cosimo de' Medici (1973)
- Cartesius (1973)
- Anno uno (1974)
- The Messiah (1975)
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