Trivia for
La passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928) More at IMDbPro »

• Believed lost until a complete print was found in a mental institution in Oslo. See also Der brennende Acker (1922).
  
  
• After completing the original cut of the film, director Carl Theodor Dreyer learned that the entire master print had been accidentally destroyed. With no ability to re-shoot, Dreyer re-edited the entire film from footage he had originally rejected.
  
  
• Real blood from a real puncture wound was used in the scene in which Joan's arm is cut, but it was that of a stand-in and not Maria Falconetti.
  
  
• None of the actors wears any makeup, which was unheard of in the silent era. Dreyer thought this lent strength to the characters' faces.
  
  
• The film took a year and a half to complete.
  
  
• Much of the project's budget was reserved for the expensive sets, although, Dreyer used so many close-ups, very little of the actual sets are seen.
  
  
• Carl Theodor Dreyer originally intended The Passion of Joan of Arc to be shown without musical accompaniment, however a score by Richard Einhorn is on all versions of the film available today.
  
  

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