Nurse Edith Cavell
(1939)
Overview
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
Director
Herbert Wilcox
Writers
Reginald Berkeley, Edith Cavell, Michael Hogan
Top Billed
Anna Neagle
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
⭐ 7/10June 22, 2022
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 take the Bosch long to discover what's going on and the stiff necked sophisticate, "Capt. Heinrichs" (George Sanders) leads the investigation into the… read the rest.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
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