TESTAMENT TO YOUTH-A Masterpiece WWI Film that is a Tribute to Peace

Downton Abbey fans, Masterpiece BBC fans, (even Game of Throne Fans,)  the British Film TESTAMENT TO YOUTH is aimed at you and armed to destroy any notion of glory in war. I maintain all war movies are anti-war. Based on the memoirs of Vera Brittain, this sumptuously shot film blazons the horrors & devastation wrought by war.  Vera was among the 1st females admitted to Oxford in 1914 just as Britain declared war.  Her brother Edward, her beau, Roland & friend Victor were all jubilant in their plans to head to Oxford together. The upheaval of war decimated all  peacetime plans.  The young men enlist & Vera volunteer as a nurse on the frontlines.  We see the optimism of youth & frivolous social restraints of the day disintigrate under the harsh brutalities of war. There is a beautiful, tragic love story between Vera & Roland and the love between brother & sister is heart wrenching.  The cast & cinematography are exceptional.  Vera (Alicia Vikander "Ex Machina") is a phenomenal actress.  Roland (Kit Harrington "Game of Thrones") rules on screen as Vera's fiancee.  Elite British actresses Miranda Richardson & Emily Watson prove there are no small parts.  TESTAMENT TO YOUTH is flawless film.  It is an agonizing testament that war razes everything leaving behind only grief and pain.  "No to war. No to the endless cycle of revenge. No more."