7.1
Red Cliff
2008
“Divided by war. United by love.”
Testament of Youth (2015)
January 16, 20152h 9mEN
7.3
790 votes
Overview
Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing 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.
Director
James KentWriters
Where to Watch
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
$1.8M
Production Companies
BBC FilmHeyday FilmsNordisk Film DenmarkLipsync ProductionsBFISony Pictures Classics
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User Reviews
Reno
8.0> The lesson the WWI taught us that we shouldn't let it fade away. Kind of reminded me 'Atonement', but not a similar movie, except like you know the loved one goes to the war, serving a nurse in the army like stuffs. Actually, this one was a biopic of a young Vera Brittain that set in the England, 1914. Her wish becomes real to attend the university of Oxford, but at a same time the World War I breaks out and puts her dream to a pause while her beloved ones are fighting in the war. She fights her own way to save them and bring safely back home. For that she goes through many difficulties a…
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CinemaSerf
7.0I remember really enjoying the 1979 BBC dramatisation of this Vera Brittain memoir of her experiences as the Great War took hold of Britain at the start of the 20th century. It's all a little like "Narnia" as her family live out their lives in peace and relative prosperity whilst she (Alicia Vikander) considers a career at Somerville College. Her brother Edward (Taron Egerton) is keen to join up, but their dad (Dominic West) is having none of that so he asks her to try to "persuade" him. That's the start of her own involvement in this conflict, an involvement that is going to expose her to hid…
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