Giovanna d'Arco

Giovanna d'Arco

127 mins | Drama, Music | Jan. 1, 1989

Director Werner Herzog, one of the most highly acclaimed German film makers, joins forces with the great Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly to effect a masterful rendition of this rarely-performed opera involving spectacular scenes of alternating light and dark, pageantry and intimacy. Staged and recorded at Teatro Comunale di Bologna in Bologna, Italy.

Giovanna d'Arco

127 mins | Drama, Music | Jan. 1, 1989

Giovanna d'Arco
Director Werner Herzog, one of the most highly acclaimed German film makers, joins forces with the great Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly to effect a masterful rendition of this rarely-performed opera involving spectacular scenes of alternating light and dark, pageantry and intimacy. Staged and recorded at Teatro Comunale di Bologna in Bologna, Italy.
Producers BBC, NVC Arts, La Sept Cinéma
Original title Giovanna d'Arco
Directors Keith Cheetham, Werner Herzog
Writers Temistocle Solera, Friedrich Schiller

Cast

Renato Bruson

as Giacomo

Susan Dunn

as Giovanna

Vincenzo La Scola

as Carlo VII

Réal Giguère

as Delil

Pietro Spagnoli

as Talbot