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directed by: Moira Armstrong starring: Cheryl Campbell, Rosalie Crutchley, Hazel Douglas, Rupert Frazer, Emrys James  List Price: $59.95 Price: $15.98 You Save: $43.97 (73%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780767010436 Format: Box set, Color, NTSC ISBN: 0767010434 Label: A&E Home Video Manufacturer: A&E Home Video Number Of Items: 4 Publisher: A&E Home Video Release Date: November 11, 1998 Running Time: 200 minutes Studio: A&E Home Video Theatrical Release Date: November 30, 1980 Sales Rank: 6138 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, the unforgettable story of Vera Brittain, author and pacifist, is widely regarded as one of television’s truly great dramas. It has won nine major awards, including British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs) for Best Television Series and Best Actress for Cheryl Campbell. The year is 1913 when the intelligent and strong-willed Vera Brittain finally wins her battle for admission to Oxford. Life seems perfect, but the pleasures of university and a newfound love abruptly end with the outbreak of World War I. Vera will be indelibly scarred by shattering personal losses and the horrors of nursing on the frontlin; but she rises from the ashes a prominent writer, feminist and activist. Here is one of the most inspiring stories of a generation born to tragedy and triumph. Average Rating:
 Rating: - I was not disappointedI first saw this series when it was broadcast on PBS in 1980 and although I missed the first two installments I was emotionally moved by its impact. Since then, having read both Vera Brittain's "Testament of Youth" and her diary of the same period, "Chronicle of Youth," I was eager to again see how this was adapted for television. Because neither a memoir nor a diary, in contrast to a work of fiction, necessarily conveys the nature of the personalities of different individuals, I was ... Read More Rating: - Only PBS series in a league with Upstairs DownstairsI saw this on PBS in around 1979, and it had an enormous emotional and intellectual impact on me. The film gives clear insight into the personal toll of war. Cheryl Campbell gives a masterful performance as Vera Brittain and the narration poetry that runs through the film takes it to another level. This is one series that should definitely go to DVD. Rating: - Emotionally Gripping World War I DramaWhy isn't this incredible mini-series on DVD? There are no flaws in this masterfully done cinematic version of Vera Brittain's "Testament of Youth." The story begins as Vera Brittain portrayed as a highly intelligent, sensitive, but misunderstood young woman wants to continue her education. Ultimately she obtains a scholarship to Oxford (highly unusual for a woman...then), and meets a soul mate in a poet and student. Then, WORLD WAR I. As the story develops, just about ... Read More Rating: - Testament of YouthTestament of Youth is a superb and faithfully rendered film version of the first volume of autobiography by Vera Brittain, one of the major voices of her generation, those who were young during the First World War. The five-part series takes us from the peaceful twilight of Edwardian stuffiness through the horrors of WWI to the hopefulness of the post-war years. We first see Vera at 18, kicking against the strictures and expectations of upper middle class society (and her stubborn ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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