Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict

Duration: 104 min

Release date: 2013-05-24

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A feature film about Benjamin Britten, released as part of the 100 year celebrations of his birth. Britten is the most performed British composer worldwide. This film premiered at Gresham's School, which he attended, and focuses on how his life-long pacifism influenced his life and music. Written and directed by Tony Britten (In Love With Alama Cogan), narrated by John Hurt and with a superb cast of young people, including many supporting roles taken by students of Gresham's School, the film weaves dramatisation with a documentary narrative.

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as Narrator (voice)

as Benjamin Britten

as Oliver Berthoud

as David Layton

as James Klugmann

Christopher Theobald

Christopher Theobald

as Donald Maclean

as George Howson

as Walter Greatorex

Madeleine Brolly

Madeleine Brolly

Christopher Scoular

Christopher Scoular

as Bishop of Norwich

as Bernard Floud

Oliver Mitchell

Oliver Mitchell

as First Prefect

Fergus Franklin

Fergus Franklin

as Second Prefect

George Anderson

George Anderson

as Third Prefect

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Jonathan Blagrove

Jonathan Blagrove

Sound Recordist

Director of Photography

Anwen Rees-Myers

Anwen Rees-Myers

Associate Producer

Production Design

Melanie Lindsey

Melanie Lindsey

Supervising Sound Editor

Makeup Designer

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