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War Requiem

1989·1h 32m·Not Rated
DramaWar
IMDb Rating
★ 6.6/10
1,045 votes

A film adaptation of Benjamin Britten's choral and orchestral composition War Requiem, which was a passionate statement against the futility of war, combining a Requiem Mass with the anti-war poems of the World War I soldier Wilfred Owen.

War Requiem is a 1989 drama war movie directed by Derek Jarman, starring Tilda Swinton, Patricia Hayes, Laurence Olivier. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.6/10 from 1,045 votes and runs 1h 32m.

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Director
Derek Jarman
Stars
Tilda Swinton
Patricia Hayes
Laurence Olivier
Nathaniel Parker
Details
1989-01-06
92 min
Movie
Not Rated
★ United Kingdom
★ English
Keywords
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