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Hedd Wyn

5.4 123 mins War   Drama   1992
Pendefig Ty Cefn   S4C  
Director(s): Paul Turner

'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.

Casts of Hedd Wyn

Huw Garmon

as Ellis Evans / Hedd Wyn

Catrin Fychan

as Magi Evans

Ceri Cunnington

as Bob Evans

Llio Silyn

as Mary Evans

Grey Evans

as Evan Evans

Gwen Ellis

as Mary Evans

Emma Kelly

as Enid Evans

Sioned Jonês Williams

as Cati Evans

LlÅ·r Joshua

as Ifan Evans

Angharad Roberts

as Ann Evans

Geraint Roberts

as R. Williams Parry

Emlyn Gomer

as Morris Davies / Moi

Guto Roberts

as Arweinydd Eisteddfod Pwllheli

Manon Prysor

as On-Set Merch y Drychinoedd

Gruffydd Aled

as Griff Jones

Derec Brown

as Y Parchedig J. D. Richards

Arwel Gruffydd

as William Morris

Sue Roderick

as Lizzie Roberts

Lydia Griffiths

as Organyddes

J. O. Jones

as Ficar Ricriwtio

Richard Viner

as Dihangwr

Mark Rowlands

as The Soldier from England

Llion Jones

as The Singer in the Pub

Judith Humphreys

as Jini Owen

Siân Summers

as Gwen Williams

Nia Dryhurst

as Mary Cathrine Hughes

Ieuan Wyn Roberts

as Soldier without Arms

Tony Jones

as Soldier without an Eye

Doc O'Brien

as Mr Kirby

Noel Williams

as Chairman of the Tribunal

Eric Wyn

as Vicar of the Tribunal

Richard Beale

as The Military Representative

Roger McKern

as Continental Sergeant

Kim Goddard

as Medical Officer - Litherland

Gwyn Vaughan

as Owen Hughes

Phil Reid

as Fred Hainge

Dylan Jones Roberts

as Bob Morris

Dafydd Edmwnd

as Training Sergeant

Ray Davies

as Medical Officer - Battlefield

Jack James

as Censored Officer

Terry Victor

as Major

Richard Elfyn

as Additional Voices

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