Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale

Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale

8.4/10
0h59min
2007Documentary

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A young poet, Wilfred Owen, seeks truth amidst WWI propaganda. Jeremy Paxman explores the impact of war on Owen's poetry.

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Jeremy Paxman tells the tragic story of World War One poet Wilfred Owen. At a time of jingoism and wartime propaganda, one Shropshire lad was compelled to tell the truth. Jeremy Paxman travels to the battlefields of France to discover how the ugliest and most terrible arena imaginable gave birth to some of the most poignant and powerful poetry in the English language. Wilfred Owen is played by Samuel Barnett.