The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
Joan of Arc at the Stake
When
Wed 12 Mar 2025
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Ingrid Bergman revisits her 1948 role as Joan of Arc in this filmed version of Rossellini’s adaptation of Paul Claudel and Arthur Honegger’s French oratorio. Rossellini’s first colour film is an innovative and truly distinct version of this familiar material, with its stark setting brought to life through a combination of rich cinematography by Gábor Pogány (Two Women), surrealist fantasy, rear projection and a sense of historical reality imbued with mythology.
Preceded by Ingrid Bergman Roberto Rossellini (1953) 17 mins – Unclassified 15+. Alternatively known as The Chicken and included in the five-part portmanteau film Siamo donne, Rossellini’s playful segment sees Bergman become vexed with a neighbour’s hen who has destroyed her rose garden.
35mm print of Joan of Arc at the Stake courtesy of Cinecittà Luce.
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Australia's longest-running film society, Melbourne Cinémathèque screens significant works of international cinema in the medium they were created, the way they would have originally screened.
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