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A time when war overshadowed everything but hope - Testament of Youth
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Title: Testament of Youth

Release Date: 4 Nov 1979

Runtime: 48m

Genre: Drama, War & Politics

Director: Jonathan Powell

Production Companies: BBC

Overview: 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.

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Cast

  • Vera Brittain: Cheryl Campbell
  • Mr. Brittain: Emrys James
  • Mrs Brittain: Jane Wenham
  • Roland Leighton: Peter Woodward
  • Miss Penrose: Rosalie Crutchley
  • Edward Brittain: Rupert Frazer
  • Victor Richardson: Michael Troughton
  • : June Tobin
  • : Geoffrey Burridge
  • : Jane Booker
  • : Tricia George
  • : Hazel Douglas
  • : Victor Lucas
  • : Joanna McCallum
  • : Susan Bovell
  • : Denis Carey
  • : Jill Cowles
  • : Janet Davies
  • : Joanna Foster
  • : Guy Hassan
  • : Kristine Howarth
  • : Roger Monk
  • : Frances Tomelty
  • : Elizabeth Rider
  • : Audrey Muir
  • : William Russell
  • : Thelma Whiteley
  • : Tony Brooks
  • Testament of Youth (Miniseries)

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