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Britten: Billy Budd (2011)

Directed by Michael Grandage

Overview

Captain Vere, an old man, is haunted by a moment in his life when he was tested and found wanting.  Based on Herman Melville’s novella of naval life in the late 18th Century, Benjamin Britten’s ‘Billy Budd’ is a gripping reflection on good and evil, innocence and corruption.

Length 175 minutes

Actors

Samuel Honywood | Matthew Rose | Jacques Imbrailo | Phillip Ens | John Mark Ainsley | Michael Wallace | Richard Mosley-Evans | John Moore | Peter Gijsbertsen | Ben Johnson | Colin Judson | Iain Paterson | Darren Jeffrey | Alasdair Elliott | Toby Girling | John-Owen Miley-Read | Alexander Robin Baker | Mark Elder | Jeremy White | London Philharmonic Orchestra