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TESTAMENT OF YOUTH is a searing story of love, war and remembrance, adapted by Towhidi from the beloved First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman's point of view. Vera, irrepressible, intelligent and free-minded, overcomes the prejudices of her family and hometown, to win a scholarship to Oxford. With everything to live for, she falls in love with her brother’s brilliant friend Roland Leighton as they go to University to pursue their literary dreams.
But the First World War is looming and as the boys leave for the front, Vera realizes she cannot sit idly by as her peers fight for their country, so volunteers as a nurse and sets off for France.
Original Release
01/05/2015
US Release
06/04/2015
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Alicia Vikander | Vera Brittain |
Taron Egerton | Edward Brittain |
Colin Morgan | Victor Richardson |
Dominic West | Mr. Brittain |
Emily Watson | Mrs. Brittain |
Kit Harington | Roland Leighton |
Joanna Scanlan | Aunt Belle |
Miranda Richardson | Miss Lorimer |
Rachel Redford | Exam Candidate |
Nicholas Farrell | Headmaster |
Directors
Writers
Vera Brittain, Juliette Towhidi
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alicia Vikander | Vera Brittain |
Taron Egerton | Edward Brittain |
Colin Morgan | Victor Richardson |
Dominic West | Mr. Brittain |
Emily Watson | Mrs. Brittain |
Kit Harington | Roland Leighton |
Joanna Scanlan | Aunt Belle |
Miranda Richardson | Miss Lorimer |
Rachel Redford | Exam Candidate |
Nicholas Farrell | Headmaster |
Daisy Waterstone | Clare Leighton |
Nicholas Le Prevost | Mr. Leighton / Mr Leighton |
Anna Chancellor | Mrs. Leighton |
Teresa Churcher | Passenger |
Xavier Atkins | Boy on Bicycle |
Niamh Cusack | Sister Jones |
Laura Elsworthy | Nurse Scott |
Naomi Everson | Nurse Milton |
Josh Taylor | Wounded Soldier |
Jonathan Bailey | Geoffrey Thurlow / Geoffrey |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Andrew Boswell | Executive Producer |
Peter Hampden | Executive Producer |
Hugo Heppell | Executive Producer |
Zygi Kamasa | Executive Producer |
Christine Langan | Executive Producer |
Richard Mansell | Executive Producer |
Norman Merry | Executive Producer |
Joe Oppenheimer | Executive Producer |
Peter Raven | Executive Producer |
Greg Rogers | Executive Producer |
Rosie Alison | Producer |
Celia Duval | Producer |
David Heyman | Producer |
Gabriele Fimmers | Producer |