Description |
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color and black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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optical |
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Dolby |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
System Details |
DVD, NTSC; letterboxed (1.85:1), enhanced for 16x9 TVs; Dolby digital. |
Cast |
Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Owen Teale, Sean Bean, Patricia Hayes, Nigel Terry, Laurence Olivier. |
Credits |
Music composed and conducted by Benjamin Britten ; director of photography, Richard Greatrex ; editor, Rick Elgood. |
Note |
Videodisc release of the 1988 motion picture. |
Summary |
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. |
Note |
Includes trailer and stills gallery. |
Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama.
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World War (1914-1918) |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
War victims -- Drama.
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War victims. |
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Soldiers -- Drama.
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Soldiers. |
Genre/Form |
War films.
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War films.
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Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Boyd, Don, 1948- producer.
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Jarman, Derek, 1942-1994, scenarist, director.
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Parker, Nathaniel, 1962- actor.
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Swinton, Tilda, actor.
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Teale, Owen, 1961- actor.
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Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989, actor.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, composer, conductor.
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Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918, screenwriter.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
War requiem.
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Anglo International Films Limited.
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Liberty Film Sales Ltd.
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Kino International Corporation.
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Standard No. |
738329062125 |
Music No. |
K621 Kino |
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