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Release Date: 1989 Duration: 92 min Cast: Tilda Swinton, Sean Bean, Nigel Terry, Rohan McCullough, Nathaniel Parker, Wilfred Owen, Patricia Hayes, Owen Teale, Laurence Olivier Categories: Movies, Anti-war, Silent film, Indie film, Experimental film, Drama, War film, Anti-war film, Avant-garde, Essay Film War Requiem is a 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 War Requiem is a 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 in any medium before his death in July 1989. The film is structured as the reminiscences of Olivier's character, the Old Soldier in a wheelchair, and Olivier recites "Strange Meeting" in the film's prologue. The production design was done by Lucy Morahan, while Linda Alderson was responsible for the costumes. LESS |
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Follow the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem," which include WWI soldier poet Wilfred Owen's poems reflecting the war's horrors. It shows the story of an Englishman soldier (Wilfred Owen) and a nurse (his bride) during World War I.

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