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War Requiem (1989)
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 Englishman soldier (Wilfred Owen) and a nurse (his bride) during World War I. It also includes actual footage of contemporary wars (WWII, Vietnam, Angola, etc.)
Actor: Alex Jennings Claire Davenport Laurence Olivier Nathaniel Parker Nigel Terry Owen Teale Patricia Hayes Rohan McCullough Sean Bean Tilda Swinton
Director: Derek Jarman
Country: UK
