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Hedd Wyn (1992)
Directed by Paul Turner
Overview
‘Hedd Wyn’ is a 1992 Welsh anti-war biopic. Ellis Humphrey Evans, a farmer’s son and poet living at Trawsfynydd in the Meirionydd countryside of upland Wales, competes for the most coveted prize of all in Welsh Poetry - that of the chair of the National Eisteddfod, which in August 1917 was due to be held in Birkenhead (one of the rare occasions when it was held in England). After submitting his entry, under his bardic name “Hedd Wyn” (“Blessed Peace”) Evans later departs from Meirionydd by train to join the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in Liverpool, despite his initial misgivings about the war. Ellis is sent to fight in the trenches of Flanders. ‘Hedd Wyn’ was the first Welsh-language film to be nominated for an Oscar.
Length 123 minutes
Actors
Huw Garmon | Catrin Fychan | Ceri Cunnington | Llio Silyn | Grey Evans | Gwen Ellis | Emma Kelly | Sioned Jonês Williams | Llŷr Joshua | Angharad Roberts | Geraint Roberts | Emlyn Gomer | Guto Roberts | Manon Prysor | Gruffydd Aled | Derec Brown | Arwel Gruffydd | Sue Roderick | Lydia Griffiths | J. O. Jones | Richard Viner | Mark Rowlands | Llion Jones | Judith Humphreys | Siân Summers | Nia Dryhurst | Ieuan Wyn Roberts | Tony Jones | Brendan Charleson | Doc O'Brien | Noel Williams | Eric Wyn | Richard Beale | Roger McKern | Kim Goddard | Gwyn Vaughan | Phil Reid | Dylan Jones Roberts | Dafydd Edmwnd | Ray Davies | Jack James | Terry Victor | Dafydd Rowlands | Richard Elfyn | David Hawson | John Probert | Steven Hall | David Morgan | Lyndon Sullivan | Steve Edwards | Alan Pritchard | Gareth Roberts | Andrew Storey | Toby Goddard | David Albert Taylor | Andy Baker | Clive Johns | Neville Phillips | Jamie Rutherford | Kari Nicholas | Andrew Kirkhouse | Vic Nurton | Llyr Huws Griffiths | Dyfed Williams | Chris Urack | David Wyn Hughes | Peter Davies | Simon Clarke | Peter Colwyn Owen