Film
Billy Budd
Unknown yearDirected by Barrie Gavin
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- Runtime
- 2h 35m
About Billy Budd
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.
- Director
- Barrie Gavin
- Writers
- Eric Crozier
- E.M. Forster
- Herman Melville
