War Requiem (1989)

Directed by

Derek Jarman

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film adapts Benjamin Britten's choral piece War Requiem. It follows an old soldier remembering World War I through the poetry of Wilfred Owen.

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What happens

War Requiem is a 1989 film adaptation of Benjamin Britten's musical piece of the same name. It was shot in 1988 by the British film director Derek Jarman with the 1963 recording as the soundtrack, produced by Don Boyd and financed by the BBC. Decca Records required that the 1963 recording be heard on its own, with no overlaid soundtrack or other sound effects. The film featured Nathaniel Parker as Wilfred Owen, and Laurence Olivier in his last acting appearance before his death in July 1989. The film is structured as the reminiscences of Olivier's character, the Old Soldier, and Olivier recites "Strange Meeting" in the film's prologue. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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