Britten: Billy Budd
MovieTitle | Britten: Billy Budd |
User score | 10 |
Release date | Apr 25, 2011 |
Genre | Music |
Director | Michael Grandage |
Production country | United Kingdom |
Production companies | Opus Arte, Glynbourne, The Monument Trust, BBC |
Run time | 175 min. |
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.