Testament of Youth

"A time when war overshadowed everything but hope"

1979 • 0h 48m • 1 Season • 5 Episodes • ★ 7.3 (3 votes) Ended

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.

Rating

7.3

Runtime

48 min

Episodes