Olivier Messiaen Movies

  • 1965
    The Great Rehearsals: Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum

    The Great Rehearsals: Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum

    The Great Rehearsals: Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum

    01965HD

    "Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum", the work by Olivier Messiaen, was a commission by the Minister of Cultural Affairs André Malraux and...

    The Great Rehearsals: Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum
  • 1975
    Benilde or the Virgin Mother

    Benilde or the Virgin Mother

    Benilde or the Virgin Mother

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    A young girl, Benilde, so protected by her religious family that she seemingly knows nothing about procreation, insists that her mysterious pregnancy...

    Benilde or the Virgin Mother
  • 1983
    Quartet for the End of Time

    Quartet for the End of Time

    Quartet for the End of Time

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    The story of a young man who lives alone in his house, and his indifference and solitude with the world around him.

    Quartet for the End of Time
  • 1991
    A Private Music Lesson with Yvonne Loriod

    A Private Music Lesson with Yvonne Loriod

    A Private Music Lesson with Yvonne Loriod

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    Yvonne Loriod was not only an incredible performer of the music of her time, but also Olivier Messiaen's muse, the one in whom and for whom he found...

    A Private Music Lesson with Yvonne Loriod
  • 2017
    Quartet for the End of Time

    Quartet for the End of Time

    Quartet for the End of Time

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    A music documentary about Olivier Messiaen's transcendent masterpiece, that he composed in a World War II prison camp, and debuted there on January...

    Quartet for the End of Time
  • 1997
    Olivier Messiaen: The Crystal Liturgy

    Olivier Messiaen: The Crystal Liturgy

    Olivier Messiaen: The Crystal Liturgy

    01997HD

    A portrait of French composer Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992), through archival films from 1964 to 1987.

    Olivier Messiaen: The Crystal Liturgy
  • 1968
    The Window Cleaner

    The Window Cleaner

    The Window Cleaner

    01968HD

    A window cleaner suffers from a fear of heights, until he is seduced by one of his customers.

    The Window Cleaner
  • 1966
    The Great Rehearsals: Homage to Edgard Varèse

    The Great Rehearsals: Homage to Edgard Varèse

    The Great Rehearsals: Homage to Edgard Varèse

    01966HD

    Edgard Varèse died on 6 November 1965, a few days before the filming of the rehearsal of his work "Déserts" which he had to attend.

    The Great Rehearsals: Homage to Edgard Varèse
  • 2018
    London Symphony Orchestra: Bruckner & Messiaen

    London Symphony Orchestra: Bruckner & Messiaen

    London Symphony Orchestra: Bruckner & Messiaen

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    Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO are joined by revered French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard in a concert film that brings together music by Anton...

    London Symphony Orchestra: Bruckner & Messiaen
  • 2007
    Cinema Exercises

    Cinema Exercises

    Cinema Exercises

    102007HD

    A workshop film made with a group of students of the Pietro Zorutti School in Palmanova, Esercizi di Cinema is an experimental adaptation of Raymond...

    Cinema Exercises
  • 1973
    Olivier Messiaen and the Birds

    Olivier Messiaen and the Birds

    Olivier Messiaen and the Birds

    01973HD

    "A renowned composer and organist, Olivier Messiaen was also a great teacher. Michel Fano, who took his composition class at the Paris Conservatory,...

    Olivier Messiaen and the Birds
  • 2009
    Saint François d'Assise

    Saint François d'Assise

    Saint François d'Assise

    02009HD

    Messiaen's breathtakingly intense opera on the life of St Francis of Assisi stars Rod Gilfry as the charismatic visionary, beguiled by the glory of...

    Saint François d'Assise