Testament of Youth
TV ShowTitle | Testament of Youth |
User score | 7 |
Release date | Nov 4, 1979 |
Release date of last episode | Dec 2, 1979 |
Genre | Drama, War & Politics |
Director | Jonathan Powell |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | BBC |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 5 |
Run time | 48 min. |
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.