Film

Billy Budd (1988)

• 1 janvier 1988
• 2h 35m

• Musique

Synopsis

An opera by Benjamin Britten, on a libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from the story by Herman Melville. Billy Budd is a young sailor aboard a British man-o'-war, persecuted by his master-at-arms, Claggart. Accused of mutiny, Budd accidently strikes Claggart dead, leaving Captain Vere with no choice but to hang him.

Réalisateur

Barrie Gavin

Scénaristes

Eric Crozier, E.M. Forster, Herman Melville

Avec

Thomas Allen, Philip Langridge, Richard van Allen