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Billy Budd
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Original movie
Language English
Runtime 155m
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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.
Overview
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.
Cast
Thomas Allen
Billy Budd
Philip Langridge
Captain Vere
Richard Van Allan
Claggart
Phillip Guy-Bromley
Mr flint
Clive Bayley
RatCliffe
Edward Byles
Red Whiskers
Neil Howlett
Mr Redburn
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