Search - War Requiem [Widescreen] on DVD

Content Advisory: Violence Movie Release: 1988 DVD Release: 09/02/2008 Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 32 mins Studio: Kino Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Avant-garde / Experimental, Anti-War Film, Essay Film

The first BBC television film to be given a British theatrical release, Derek Jarman's War Requiem is a cinematic interpretation of composer Benjamin Britten's famed oratorio. Narrated by Lord Laurence Olivier, whose last film this was, War Requiem combines Britten's music with the words of English poet (and World War 1 casualty Wilfred Owen) and Jarman's stark, symbolic images--filmed, appropriately enough, in an old mental hospital. Throughout, the sacrifice of young lives to the horrors of war is likened to the Supreme Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. As always, Jarman uses every opportunity to poke holes in Brtain's hidebound traditionalism. Though unrated, the violence quotient in War Requiem is enough to render the film unsuitable for young children. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Nathaniel Parker - Wilfred Owen
Tilda Swinton - Nurse
Laurence Olivier - Old Soldier
Patricia Hayes - Mother
Rohan McCullough - Enemy Mother