Film

Billy Budd (1988)

• 1 gennaio 1988
• 2h 35m

• Musica

Trama

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.

Regista

Barrie Gavin

Sceneggiatori

Eric Crozier, E.M. Forster, Herman Melville

Con

Thomas Allen, Philip Langridge, Richard van Allen