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War Requiem (1989)
Directed by Derek Jarman
War, Drama · 1h 30m
During World War I, British soldier Owen is mortified by the examples of cruelty that surround him in the trenches. He combats these terrifying images by maintaining hope in his love for an army nurse. But he also begins to accept his fate as another battlefield sacrifice.
Cast
Nathaniel Parker
Wilfred Owen
Tilda Swinton
The Nurse
Laurence Olivier
The Old Soldier
Patricia Hayes
Mother
R
Rohan McCullough
Enemy Mother
Nigel Terry
Abraham
Owen Teale
The Unknown Soldier
Sean Bean
The German Soldier
Alex Jennings
Blinded Soldier
C
Claire Davenport
Ward Sister/Britannia
Spencer Leigh
Soldier 1
M
Milo Bell
Soldier 2
Crew
- Director
- Derek Jarman
- Writer
- Derek Jarman
- Director of Photography
- Richard Greatrex
- Editor
- Rick Elgood
- Producer
- Don Boyd
Details
- Release date
- 1989-01-06
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Liberty Film Sales, Anglo International Films, BBC, Don Boyd Productions