Testament of Youth (film)

Testament of Youth
UK theatrical release poster
Directed byJames Kent
Written byJuliette Towhidi
Based onTestament of Youth
by Vera Brittain
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRob Hardy
Edited byLucia Zucchetti
Music byMax Richter
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate
Release dates
  • 14 October 2014 (2014-10-14) (BFI)
  • 16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)
Running time
129 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million[2]
Box office$5.3 million[3]

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

  1. ^ "TESTAMENT OF YOUTH (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. ^ Lisa Rosman (5 June 2015). "Wartime Women: Vera Brittain's Patchy Portrait in 'Testament of Youth'". Signature. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Testament of Youth (2015) - International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  4. ^ Kermode, Mark (18 January 2015). "Testament of Youth review – tame adaptation of Vera Brittain's book". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2015.