Britten: Billy Budd

Movie · 2h 55m

Starring John Mark Ainsley, Michael Wallace, Matthew Rose, Richard Mosley-Evans

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.