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

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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Anna Neagle in the title role and Edna May Oliver as the Countess de Mavon are on great form in this authentic looking biopic of the first world war nurse who ran a small hospital in Brussels. The two women quickly establish a network to help prisoners of war escape home via Holland, but it doesn't ...