Derek Jarman根據布里頓《戰爭安魂曲》所攝的影片主要人物為《戰爭安魂曲》歌詞的作者歐文后者為英國詩人戰死于第一次世界大戰德高望重的勞倫斯·奧利弗爵士出演片中的一名老兵這也是奧利弗爵士的最后一次銀幕亮相 A film with no dialogs, just follows the lyrics of the Britten's oratorium, that criticize the war's horrors. It shows the story of an englishman soldier and a nurse (his bride) during the World War II. It combines many real scenes of contemporary wars (WWII, Vietnam, Angola, etc.)
