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Joan The Woman
(Steamboat Round the Bend)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Lieferstatus:
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 i.d.R. innert 7-21 Tagen versandfertig
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VÖ :
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14.03.2017
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EAN-Code:
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88929009117 |
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Aka:
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Mit Volldampf voraus
Steamboat 'Round the Bend |
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Jahr/Land:
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1935 ( USA ) |
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Laufzeit:
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137 min. |
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Genre:
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Komödie
/ Drama
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Sprachen:
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English
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| Joan the Woman (Cardinal Film Corporation, 1916) was CeciI B. DeMilles first great spectacle. In keeping with theatrical tradition, DeMille sought a more formaI and styIized mode of acting from stars GeraIdine Farrar and Wallace Reid - a technique he continued in his Iate historical fiIms. Wilfred Bucklands art direction is outstanding, and DeMiIIes sociaI comments are subtle but biting. The fiIm aIso features a dramatic hand-colored cIimax utilizing the Handschiegl stenciI-coIor process. The fiIm became a prototype for DeMilIes Iater spectacIes. His handIing of the Iarge battle scenes (with the aid of seventeen cameras and a smaIl army of assistant directors, incIuding WiIIiam deMiIle, George Melford and Donald Crisp) was exceptional - equaI to D.W. Griffiths work in The Birth of a Nation and lntolerance. The reaI strength of the picture, however, is found in the directors provocatively compelling images: At Joans triaI by torture, officials the Church are clad in white hooded robes with black hoIes for eyes. DeMiIIe frames his shot so that the top of Cauchons mitre is out of frame, and he looks like a black-cIad grand dragon of the invisible empire surrounded by Klansmen and hiding behind a crucifix rather than a bishop of the Church. The empty town square. An executioner drives a singIe horse cart piled with kindIing to Iay around the stake where Joan wiIl meet her death. A Ione dog is the only living thing, barking a futiIe protest. As Joan is led to the stake, the Bishop Cauchon seizes her ornate crucifix, and as the flames surround her, Eric Trent hands Joan a handmade cross of simpIe twigs that she carries to her death. UltimateIy, in an effort to get more performances per day, the picture was drastically cut very early in the run. This DVD reIease offers DeMiIles directors cut and the originaI hand-colored climax.William Fursts originaI 1916 score is performed by Christian EIliott at the J. Ross Reed Wurlitzer, Sexson Auditorium, Pasadena, California. |
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