Yale Center for British Art

Title:
War requiem [videorecording] / Anglo International Films Limited.
Published / Created:
New York, N.Y. : Mystic Fire Video, 1988.
Physical Description:
1 videocassette (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Holdings:
Reference Library
Video 66

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Videos
Notes:
VHS format.

Laurence Olivier, Tilda Swinton, Owen Teale, Nathaniel Parker.

Produced by Don Boyd ; written and directed by Derek Jarman ; music composed and conducted by Benjamin Britten ; London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

Videocassette release of the 1988 motion picture.

The horrors of war and the pacifist sentiments expressed in Benjamin Britten's War requiem and the poems of Wilfred Owen are evoked in scenes and vignettes illustrating death and suffering in World War I.
Subject Terms:
Owen, Wilfred, 1893–1918 -- Musical settings. | World War, 1914–1918 -- Great Britain -- Drama. | War films. | Feature films -- Great Britain.
Contributors:
Jarman, Derek, 1942–1994, film director. | Olivier, Laurence, 1907–1989. | Britten, Benjamin, 1913–1976. War requiem. | Parker, Nathaniel. | Swinton, Tilda. | Owen, Wilfred, 1893–1918. | Bach Choir (London, England) | London Symphony Orchestra. | London Symphony Chorus. | Melos Ensemble. | Anglo International Films Limited. | Mystic Fire Video.