Testament of Youth
2014 · Movie · PG-13 · 129 min · ★ 7.3 · 80% critics
Testament of Youth is a love-and-war remembrance story based on Vera Brittain’s memoir, showing youthful hopes being reshaped by the First World War. The film follows her attempts to make sense of heartbreak and loss, and how to move forward from the darkest times through service, duty, and memory.
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Details
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2015-01-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (796 votes)
- Box office
- $1,800,000
About
Choose this if you want a heartbreaking, anti-war drama grounded in personal remembrance and difficult choices, and if you like similar historical tearjerkers like War Horse or Parade's End; Not for you if you dislike slow, emotionally intense war tales or prefer heavy on-screen combat scenes.
Pros: emotionally powerful war story; strong period atmosphere; moving performances | Cons: can feel lengthy; war focus limited; mixed character sympathy
Themes
- nurse
- world war i
- poetry
- pacifism
- flanders
- summer
- based on memoir or autobiography
- compassion
- pacifist
- war injury
- aspiring writer
- nursing
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Cast & crew
Alicia Vikander
as Vera Brittain
Kit Harington
as Roland Leighton
Taron Egerton
as Edward Brittain
Colin Morgan
as Victor Richardson
Dominic West
as Mr. Brittain
Emily Watson
as Mrs. Brittain
Hayley Atwell
as Hope Milroy
Anna Chancellor
as Mrs. Leighton
Miranda Richardson
as Miss Lorimer
Joanna Scanlan
as Aunt Belle
Directed by James Kent