War Requiem

Plot

A film with no spoken dialogue, just follows 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 E... read more

  • Derek Jarman

    Director

  • Derek Jarman

    Writer

  • Richard Greatrex

    Director of Photography

  • Rick Elgood

    Editor

  • Nathaniel Parker

    Wilfred Owen

  • Tilda Swinton

    The Nurse

  • Laurence Olivier

    The Old Soldier

  • Patricia Hayes

    Mother

  • Rohan McCullough

    Enemy Mother

  • Nigel Terry

    Abraham

  • Owen Teale

    The Unknown Soldier

  • Sean Bean

    The German Soldier

  • Alex Jennings

    Blinded Soldier

  • Claire Davenport

    Ward Sister/Britannia

  • Spencer Leigh

    Soldier 1

  • Milo Bell

    Soldier 2

  • Richard Stirling

    Soldier 3

  • Kim Kindersley

    Soldier 4

  • Stuart Turton

    Soldier 5

  • Lucinda Gane

    Nurse 1

  • Beverly Seymour

    Nurse 2

  • Linda Spurrier

    Nurse 3

  • David Meyer

    Businessman

  • Clancy Chassay

    Young Wilfred

  • Jody Graber

    Enemy Child

  • Liberty Ross

    Young Girl

  • Runtime

    90 minutes

    Released

    1989-01-06

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Liberty Film Sales

    Anglo International Films

    BBC

    Sound

  • Benjamin Britten

    Music

  • Updated

    273 days ago

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