1923 film by Germaine Dulac

Peut-on vraiment s’appeler Rothchild et n’être qu’un malheureux clochard ? Il semble que oui. Mais la condition sera de courte durée. Un compère astucieux saura bientôt attirer sur ce seul nom mythique richesse et pouvoir.

Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace the sources of the case to uncover the truth.

The plot concerns a comet hurling toward Earth on a collision course and the different reactions to people on the impending disaster.

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.