Britten: Billy Budd
8.2
2011
2 hr 55 min
Music
Captain Vere, an old man, is haunted by a moment in his life when he was tested and found wanting. Based on Herman Melville's novella of naval life in the late 18th Century, Benjamin Britten's 'Billy Budd' is a gripping reflection on good and evil, innocence and corruption.
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- Cast：
- John Mark Ainsley , Matthew Rose , Jacques Imbrailo , Mark Elder , Samuel Honywood
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