7.0Owen Wingrave · 2001
Owen Wingrave (2001) is a Music / Drama / War film directed by Margaret Williams, starring Gerald Finley, Peter Savidge, Charlotte Hellekant.
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7.0Overview
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.
Cast
Gerald Finley, Peter Savidge, Charlotte Hellekant, Josephine Barstow, Martyn Hill, Anne Dawson, Hilton Marlton, Elizabeth Gale
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What is "Owen Wingrave" about?
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.
When was "Owen Wingrave" released?
Owen Wingrave was released in 2001.
Who stars in "Owen Wingrave"?
The cast includes Gerald Finley, Peter Savidge, Charlotte Hellekant, Josephine Barstow.
