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