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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.

Top Cast

  • Huw Garmon

    Huw Garmon

    Ellis Evans / Hedd Wyn

  • Catrin Fychan

    Catrin Fychan

    Magi Evans

  • Ceri Cunnington

    Ceri Cunnington

    Bob Evans

  • Llio Silyn

    Llio Silyn

    Mary Evans

  • Grey Evans

    Grey Evans

    Evan Evans

  • Gwen Ellis

    Gwen Ellis

    Mary Evans

  • Emma Kelly

    Emma Kelly

    Enid Evans

  • Sioned Jonês Williams

    Sioned Jonês Williams

    Cati Evans

  • Llŷr Joshua

    Llŷr Joshua

    Ifan Evans

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.

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