Olivier Messiaen Movies
- 1975
Benilde or the Virgin Mother
Benilde or the Virgin Mother7.11975HD
A young girl, Benilde, so protected by her religious family that she seemingly knows nothing about procreation, insists that her mysterious pregnancy...
- 1965
The Great Rehearsals: Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum
The Great Rehearsals: Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum01965HD
"Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum", the work by Olivier Messiaen, was a commission by the Minister of Cultural Affairs André Malraux and...
- 1983
Quartet for the End of Time
Quartet for the End of Time4.81983HD
The story of a young man who lives alone in his house, and his indifference and solitude with the world around him.
- 1973
Olivier Messiaen and the Birds
Olivier Messiaen and the Birds01973HD
"A renowned composer and organist, Olivier Messiaen was also a great teacher. Michel Fano, who took his composition class at the Paris Conservatory,...
- 2009
Saint François d'Assise
Saint François d'Assise02009HD
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...
- 1991
A Private Music Lesson with Yvonne Loriod
A Private Music Lesson with Yvonne Loriod01991HD
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...
- 2017
Quartet for the End of Time
Quartet for the End of Time02017HD
A music documentary about Olivier Messiaen's transcendent masterpiece, that he composed in a World War II prison camp, and debuted there on January...
- 1968
The Window Cleaner
The Window Cleaner01968HD
A window cleaner suffers from a fear of heights, until he is seduced by one of his customers.
- 1966
The Great Rehearsals: Homage to Edgard Varèse
The Great Rehearsals: Homage to Edgard Varèse01966HD
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.
- 1997
Olivier Messiaen: The Crystal Liturgy
Olivier Messiaen: The Crystal Liturgy01997HD
A portrait of French composer Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992), through archival films from 1964 to 1987.
- 2007
Cinema Exercises
Cinema Exercises102007HD
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...
- 2018
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...