Billy Budd

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Lorsqu'un marin au grand cœur tue accidentellement le maître d'armes, ses supérieurs doivent décider s'il faut le pendre ou le libérer.Lorsqu'un marin au grand cœur tue accidentellement le maître d'armes, ses supérieurs doivent décider s'il faut le pendre ou le libérer.Lorsqu'un marin au grand cœur tue accidentellement le maître d'armes, ses supérieurs doivent décider s'il faut le pendre ou le libérer.

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Nommé pour 1 Oscar
- 2 victoires et 8 nominations au total

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Anecdotes
Herman Melville had been writing poetry for thirty years when he returned to fiction with "Billy Budd" in late 1888. Still unfinished when he died in 1891, it was forgotten. Melville's biographer accidentally stumbled upon it when going through a trunk of Melville's papers in his granddaughter's New Jersey house in 1919. Melville's widow worked to help complete it, and it was finally published in 1924. Over the years, other unsatisfactory versions were published, but it wasn't until Melville's original notes were found that the definitive version was ultimately published in 1962. Coincidentally, Sir Peter Ustinov's movie version was released the same year.

Gaffes
When Billy Budd first comes onboard the British ship, he witnesses a sailor being flogged and is told by everyone that no one even knows what the sailor had done. This would not be the case in the Royal Navy, since at all floggings the Captain was required to read in front of the crew the specific Article of War which had been violated and then state the number of lashes for the offense.

Citations
Billy Budd: There are many ways to lie, Mr. Claggert, but there is only one way to tell the truth.

Crédits fous
As the cast is listed onscreen, the actors are heard stating their characters' names and ranks.

Versions alternatives
West German theatrical version was cut by approx. five minutes.

Connexions
Featured in L'homme qui venait d'ailleurs (1976)

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7/10

Wonderful story of the sea, and a great companion to Melville's original

If you've read the Melville story, this film will be a delightful surprise, especially in contrast to what usually happens to film adaptations of literature. For those of you who've never heard of Herman Melville, it's no matter. This film can stand on its own without reference or support from its original source.

A cheerful, innocent young man with wide eyes and blonde hair is conscripted from his commercial schooner to serve aboard an English Royal Merchant ship, which is akin to being Shang-Hai'd, but without the knock to the head. Everyone on both his old and new ship loves Billy Budd, an affable, competent young seaman who can fathom no sinister purpose in man nor beast, until he meets the master-at-arms of his new vessel.

I don't want to give away any more of the story, so give this lovely film a try if the premise interests you.