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Hedd Wyn(Movie, 1992)

2h 3min | Genres: War, Drama
Hedd WynRating: 2.9/5 (with 33 votes)
Hedd Wyn is a 1992 Welsh anti-war biopic, written by Alan Llwyd and directed by Paul Turner. Based on the life of Ellis Humphrey Evans (Huw Garmon), killed in the First World War, the cinematography starkly contrasts the lyrical beauty of the poet's native Meirionnydd with the bombed-out horrors of Passchendaele. The protagonist is depicted as a tragic hero with an intense dislike of the pro-war jingoism which surrounds him. The film's title is Ellis Evans' bardic name (pronounced [heːð wɨ̞n], "blessed peace"), under which he was posthumously awarded the Bardic Chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod of Wales. Hedd Wyn won the Royal Television Society's Award for Best Single Drama and BAFTA Cymru Awards in several categories; and was the first Welsh language film nominated for an Academy Award. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Hedd Wyn

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

About Hedd Wyn

'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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: Wales
Original language: Welsh (CY)
Spoken languages: Welsh (CY)
Translated into 3 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 01/01/1996 (World premiere: 01/01/1992)
Cast: Huw Garmon, Sue Roderick
Director: Paul Turner
Screenwriter: Alan Llwyd
Film Editor: Chris Lawrence
Keywords: poet

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