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- A powerful and passionate journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times. Vera Brittain, irrepressible, intelligent and free-minded, overcomes the prejudices of her family and hometown to win a scholarship to Oxford.
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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. [4]
- $5.3 million
- Max Richter
- $10 million
Synopsis. Testament of Youth is a powerful coming-of-age story which tackles love, war, loss and remembrance. It's based on the beloved WW1 memoir by Vera Brittain, which was a bestseller on publication, heralded as the voice of a generation and has become the classic testimony of that war, from a woman's point of view.
Jan 16, 2015 · Testament of Youth: Directed by James Kent. With Alicia Vikander, Taron Egerton, Colin Morgan, Dominic West. A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.
- (30K)
- Biography, Drama, History
- James Kent
- 2015-01-16
Powered by JustWatch. Anchored by an extraordinary performance from actress Alicia Vikander, James Kent ’s “Testament of Youth” bears comparison to many other superbly mounted costume dramas backed by the BBC, but this one has a special distinction: it chronicles the horrors that World War I inflicted on a generation of young English ...
Jun 5, 2015 · Synopsis During World War I, Oxford University student Vera Brittain (Alicia Vikander) postpones her studies to serve as a nurse while her suitor, her brother and a secret admirer face death in...
- (212)
- James Kent
- PG-13
- Alicia Vikander
Jun 4, 2015 · Synopsis by Erin Demers. In this gripping historical drama, an adventurous young British woman (Alicia Vikander) wins a scholarship to Oxford, where she falls in love with a fellow student. Not much later, their relationship is tested when he joins the military following the onset of World War I.
Jan 16, 2015 · Testament of Youth is a searing story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain which became the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of...
