Giovanna d'Arco al rogo (1954)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Roberto Rossellini

Writers:

Paul Claudel (libretto)
Roberto Rossellini (writer)

Release Date:

1954 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | History | Musical

Plot Keywords:

Based On Opera | Opera | Theatre | Joan Of Arc | Character Name In Title

Cast

Ingrid Bergman	...	Giovanna d'Arco (Joan of Arc)
Tullio Carminati	...	Fra Domenico
Giacinto Prandelli
Augusto Romani
Plinio Clabassi
Saturno Meletti
Agnese Dubbini
Pietro de Palma
Aldo Tenossi
Pina Esca	...	(voice)
Marcella Pillo	...	(voice)
Giovanni Acolati	...	(voice)
Miriam Pierazzini	...	(voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rina Dei
Gerardo Gaudioso
Luigi Paolillo
Marcella Pobbe
Mario Prandelli
Silvio Santanelli
Anna Tarallo

Also Known As:

Jeanne au bûcher (France)
Joan at the Stake
Joan of Arc at the Stake

Runtime:

80 min | France:67 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Gevacolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Naples, Campania, Italy

Company:

Cine Associazione

Movie Connections:

Referenced in From the Journals of Jean Seberg (1995)

Too much singing, too less Ingrid

That's certainly not the best Ingrid-Rossellini film. Sounds interesting at the beginning, but is more a recorded "opera" than a movie. Ingrid doesn't speak a word for many, many minutes, and these minutes are full of singing (not the kind I like, badly). Despite the one hour and twenty minutes, seems much more longer than actually is. But Ingrid is the most beautiful and remarkable Joan of Arc I've ever saw. It's a rare picture, I saw it on the cinema, in a cultural release. It was an opportunity that I could never lost. Not a film that everybody will love, I recommend just for Ingrid's fans, like me. My evaluation: 7 out of 10.