Testament of Youth (1979)

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.

Testament of Youth

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Cheryl Campbell

Cheryl Campbell

as Vera Brittain

as Mr. Brittain

as Mrs Brittain

as Roland Leighton

Rosalie Crutchley

Rosalie Crutchley

as Miss Penrose

as Edward Brittain

Michael Troughton

Michael Troughton

as Victor Richardson

Geoffrey Burridge

Geoffrey Burridge

Joanna McCallum

Joanna McCallum

Kristine Howarth

Kristine Howarth

Frances Tomelty

Frances Tomelty

Elizabeth Rider

Elizabeth Rider

William Russell

William Russell

Thelma Whiteley

Thelma Whiteley

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