Hedd Wyn

United Kingdom

1992

123 Min

Color

Welsh, English

Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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CAST Huw Garmon, Catrin Fychan, Ceri Cunnington, Llio Silyn, Grey Evans, Gwen Ellis, Emma Kelly, Sioned Jones Williams, Llyr Joshua, Angharad Roberts, Geraint Roberts, Emlyn Gomer, Guto Roberts

A young poet living in the North Wales countryside competes for the most coveted prize of all in Welsh Poetry – that of the chair of the National Eisteddfod, a tradition dating back a hundred years. Before the winner is announced Hedd Wyn gets sent to fight with the English in the trenches of the First World War. —IMDb

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Kenji

20Dec11

A fine film in Welsh with no airs and graces, with nature and poetry set against war. *The old harps that were played before are Suspended on the branches of yonder willows, And the scream of the boys filling the wind, And their blood mixed with the rain."(Hedd Wyn, translation)