Paul Claudel

A theatrical performance of the trial and death of Joan of Arc.

During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don Rodrigo, who is forced to leave Spain and go to America. Meanwhile Prouhèze is sent to Africa to rule the city of Mogador. Ten years later Rodrigo leaves America and travels to Africa in search of Prouhèze to find out that she died and eventually meeting her daughter. (imdb)

Adaptation of Paul Claudel's play.

A film adaptation of Arthur Honegger and Paul Claudel's 1935 oratorio about Joan of Arc, based on a 1989 staging at the Saint-Denis Basilica in Paris.