Movie Description
Owen Wingrave
(2001)Overview
Margaret Williams directs this 2001 production of adaptation of Benjamin Britten's television opera based on a short story by Henry James. Performers featured include Gerald Finley, Peter Savidge and Josephine Barstow. The conductor is Kent Nagano. As pertinent now as then, OWEN WINGRAVE was composed by Benjamin Britten at the height of the Vietnam War. The opera poses the question: Is pacifism an act of cowardice? Or rather a desire to escape from the spiral of war and create world peace? To what extent do we determine our own futures? Should we let past events inform the decisions we make? Britten’s characters grapple with timeless issues in this gripping psychodrama.
Featured Crew
- Director : Margaret Williams
- Producer : Anne Beresford
- Writer : Myfanwy Piper
- Cast : Gerald Finley,Peter Savidge,Charlotte Hellekant,Josephine Barstow,Martyn Hill,Anne Dawson,Hilton Marlton,Elizabeth Gale
Cast
Owen Wingrave
Spencer Coyle
Kate Julian
Mrs Wingrave
Gen. Sir Philip Wingrave
Mrs Coyle
Lechmere
Mrs Julian
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Facts
Original TitleOwen Wingrave
Status Released
Release Information
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2001-01-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 31m
Production CompaniesChannel 4 Television,MJW Productions
Genres
- Music
- Drama
- War
