Nurse Edith Cavell
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
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Starring:
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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Gui Ignon
as Cobbler
Lionel Royce
as Gen. von Ehrhardt
Jimmy Butler
as Jean Rappard
Rex Downing
as François Rappard
Henry Brandon
as Lt. Schultz
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Louis V. Arco
as Pvt. Rammler
Egon Brecher
as Dr. Gunther
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
as Undetermined Role
Joe De Stefani
as Manager
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Richard Deane
as Lt. Wilson, Airman
Ernst Deutsch
as Dr. Schroeder, Public Prosecutor
William Edmunds
as Albert
Gilbert Emery
as Brand Whitlock
Jack Gargan
as German Soldier
Halliwell Hobbes
as British Chaplain
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Willy Kaufman
as Baron von Weser
Fritz Leiber
as Sadi Kirschen
Torben Meyer
as Bit Role
Lucien Prival
as Lt. Schmidt
Frank Reicher
as Baron von Bissing