Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:BBC, RM Arts, ENO: English National Opera
Cast & Crew
B
Barrie Gavin
Director
E
Eric Crozier
Writer
H
Herman Melville
Writer
T
Tim Albery
Assistant Director
Billy Budd
2 hr 35 min
Plot
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.
