Last Days of Dolwyn, The

Date: 1949
Director: Emlyn Williams
Production Company: De Grunwald Productions, London Film Productions

Stars: Richard Burton, Edith Evans, Emlyn Williams, Hugh Griffith
Location(s): Montgomeryshire

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Storyline:

Richard Burton’s feature film debut – a Welsh Valley is flooded to make way for a reservoir.

Additional Information:

Also known as ‘Women of Dolwyn’ (US title)

David Leonard advises that filming also took place in Rhydymain, Gwynedd.

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A dam. Kevin Flynn advises that the construction of the dam flooded the (former) real-life village of Llanwddyn. (RL)

Now. Lake Vyrnwy in what was Montgomeryshire, now Powys, Wales. Picture by Graham Hoadly.

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  • 06 Mar 2018

Kevin Flynn provides the location, Lake Vyrnwy Dam in north Powys. His advice also highlights the fact that we had already had an identification and a photograph from some time back that was not displaying on the site! The lake is also seen in 'Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger'. (RL)

Now. Lake Vyrnwy in what was once in Montgomeryshire. Picture by Graham Hoadly.