Hedd Wyn

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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Cast

Huw Garmon

Ellis Evans / Hedd Wyn

Catrin Fychan

Magi Evans

Ceri Cunnington

Bob Evans

Llio Silyn

Mary Evans

Grey Evans

Evan Evans

Gwen Ellis

Mary Evans

Emma Kelly

Enid Evans

Sioned Jonês Williams

Cati Evans

Llŷr Joshua

Ifan Evans

Angharad Roberts

Ann Evans