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Testament of Youth is a memoir of British nurse and activist Vera Brittain (1893–1970), published in 1933. Brittain's memoir covers the years 1900 to 1925, and continues with Testament of Experience, published in 1957, and encompassing the years 1925 to 1950.
Testament of Youth is a 2014 British drama film based on the First World War memoir of the same name written by Vera Brittain. The film stars Alicia Vikander as Vera Brittain, an independent young woman who abandoned her studies at Somerville College, Oxford, to become a war nurse. The film was directed by James Kent and written by Juliette ...
Jan 16, 2015 · A film adaptation of Vera Brittain's memoir of her life during World War I, starring Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington. See the trailer, cast, reviews, trivia, and more on IMDb.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- James Kent
- 2015-01-16
May 31, 2005 · Now a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Hayley Atwell, and Taron Egerton. Much of what we know and feel about the First World War we owe to Vera Brittain’s elegiac yet unsparing book, which set a standard for memoirists from Martha Gellhorn to Lillian Hellman.
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- $19.49
- Vera Brittain
- Vera Brittain
Testament of Youth is Vera Brittain’s memoir of her years just prior to, during, and shortly after World War I. It is a unique look at the war from the perspective of a woman who gave up her studies at Oxford to serve as a nurse in France and Malta.
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- Paperback
Jun 5, 2015 · An intimate epic, “Testament of Youth” has great historical sweep yet remains focused on the human vicissitudes experienced by Vera and her circle. Making his feature debut after work in television and documentaries, director James Kent proves exceptionally skilled in supplying the film with a hauntingly poetic visual sense and eliciting ...
Jun 5, 2015 · A 2015 British period drama based on the memoir of Vera Brittain, a nurse and writer who witnessed the horrors of World War I. See critics' ratings, trailer, cast and plot summary on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- Biography, History, Drama, War
- PG-13
