Details

Britten's only opera for television centres on a young man destined for a military career who choses instead to take a heroic stand against war and violence. Thirty years after its transmission, this innovative new film version, reveals through a vivid film vocabulary the intensity of the drama and its passionate realization in Britten's music.

Creatives/Company

Producer(s): MJW Productions, Channel 4 Television, RM Associates
Director: Margaret Williams