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

Cast

Anna Neagle

Anna Neagle

as Nurse Edith Cavell

Edna May Oliver

Edna May Oliver

as Countess de Mavon

George Sanders

George Sanders

as Capt. Heinrichs

May Robson

May Robson

as Mme. Rappard

Zasu Pitts

Zasu Pitts

as Mme. Moulin

H.B. Warner

H.B. Warner

as Hugh Gibson

Sophie Stewart

Sophie Stewart

as Sister Williams

Mary Howard

Mary Howard

as Nurse O'Brien

Robert Coote

Robert Coote

as Bungey

Martin Kosleck

Martin Kosleck

as Pierre

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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 ...

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