War Requiem (film)

War Requiem
Directed byDerek Jarman
Screenplay byDerek Jarman
Based onWar Requiem
by Benjamin Britten
Produced byDon Boyd
StarringLaurence Olivier
Nathaniel Parker
Tilda Swinton
Sean Bean
Nigel Terry
CinematographyRichard Greatrex
Edited byRick Elgood
Music byBenjamin Britten
Release date
  • 6 January 1989 (1989-01-06)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.[1][2] 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.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cooke, Mervyn, Britten: "War Requiem". Cambridge Music Handbook, 1996 (ISBN 0521440890).
  2. ^ "BFI War Requiem". BFI screenonline. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

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