Maria Falconetti
Birthday: 1892-07-21
Place of Birth: Pantin, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Renée Jeanne Falconetti (July 21, 1892 – December 12, 1946), sometimes credited as Maria Falconetti, Marie Falconetti, Renée Maria Falconetti, or, simply, Falconetti, was a French stage and film actress, notable for her role as Joan of Arc in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 silent film, La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc. Description above from the Wikipedia article Renée Jeanne Falconetti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
The Passion of Joan of Arc
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-c...
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Jeanne Marie Renée
A 12-hour installation piece comprising slowed-down footage of Renée Jeanne Falconetti in Carl Theod...
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Nitrate Flames
French actress Maria Falconetti (1892-1946) traveled a winding road from her glory days in luminous ...
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Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
The film's subject is a photograph of Jane Fonda visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War. It asks what...
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