Testament of Youth

Name: Testament of Youth
Director: Jonathan Powell
Genre: Drama, War & Politics
Released: 1979-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 55 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Cheryl Campbell, Emrys James, Jane Wenham, Peter Woodward, Rosalie Crutchley

"A time when war overshadowed everything but hope"

A dramatization of Vera Brittain's 1933 autobiography Testament of Youth—a memorial to a generation devastated by WWI—chronicles her experiences as a nurse in London and Malta and at the front lines in France. It opens with 18-year-old Vera, the genteel daughter of a paper-mill owner, nurturing "hopes of escaping from provincial young ladyhood." Her plan is to attend Oxford.