Testament of Youth 2014

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 129 min

genre: drama

theme: war

director: James Kent

Score: 6 / 10

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. The film was directed by James Kent and written by Juliette Towhidi.

Plot

In 1914, Vera Brittain wants to escape her traditional family in Buxton by attending Oxford University with her younger brother Edward and his friends at Uppingham School, Roland Leighton and Victor Richardson. Despite her father's opposition, she passes the entrance examination for Somerville College, Oxford. Before enrolling at Oxford, Vera and Roland, who share her interest in writing and poetry, begin a romance, although she knows that Victor is in love with her.

Cast

More details

author	Juliette Towhidi
contentLocation	London
director	James Kent
editor	Lucia Zucchetti
events	Vera Brittain
genre	drama historical
keywords	an eye for an eye armistice with germany assassination of archduke franz ferdinand buxton edward edward brittain entrance examination george catlin german soldier gunshot wound head injury how to how to punish germany for the war italian front kill louvencourt meet nervous breakdown oxford university roland leighton spanish flu traditional family traumatic experience treaty of versailles trench warfare uppingham school victor richardson voluntary aid detachment west western front western front of world war i winifred holtby world war i wound write
musicBy	Max Richter
producer	David Heyman Rosie Alison
productionCompany	BBC Films BFI Heyday Films Hotwells Productions Ingenious Media Lipsync Nordisk Film Production Protagonist Pictures Screen Yorkshire
publisher	Lionsgate UK
recordedAt	Darley Dale Goathland Keighley railway station London Merton College Merton Street North Yorkshire Moors Railway Old Royal Naval College Worksop
theme	biographical war