Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
Synopsis
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans
Release Date: 1939-08-31
Runtime: 97 minutes
Director: Herbert Wilcox
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- Anna Neagle as Nurse Edith Cavell
- Edna May Oliver as Countess de Mavon
- George Sanders as Capt. Heinrichs
- May Robson as Mme. Rappard
- Zasu Pitts as Mme. Moulin
- H.B. Warner as Hugh Gibson
- Sophie Stewart as Sister Williams
- Mary Howard as Nurse O'Brien
- Robert Coote as Bungey
- Martin Kosleck as Pierre
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