Poster of Nurse Edith Cavell

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

Original Language: en

Genres: Drama War

Rating:

Popularity:

1.49

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Cast Members

Anna Neagle

Nurse Edith Cavell

Edna May Oliver

Countess de Mavon

George Sanders

Capt. Heinrichs

May Robson

Mme. Rappard

Zasu Pitts

Mme. Moulin

H.B. Warner

Hugh Gibson

Sophie Stewart

Sister Williams

Mary Howard

Nurse O'Brien

Gui Ignon

Cobbler

Lionel Royce

Gen. von Ehrhardt

Jimmy Butler

Jean Rappard

Rex Downing

François Rappard

Henry Brandon

Lt. Schultz

Louis V. Arco

Pvt. Rammler

Egon Brecher

Dr. Gunther

Adrienne D'Ambricourt

Undetermined Role

Richard Deane

Lt. Wilson, Airman

Ernst Deutsch

Dr. Schroeder, Public Prosecutor

Gilbert Emery

Brand Whitlock

Jack Gargan

German Soldier

Halliwell Hobbes

British Chaplain

Willy Kaufman

Baron von Weser

Fritz Leiber

Sadi Kirschen

Lucien Prival

Lt. Schmidt

Frank Reicher

Baron von Bissing

Bert Roach

George Moulin

Bodil Rosing

Charlotte

Robert R. Stephenson

German Officer

Wilhelm von Brincken

German Firing Squad Officer

Gustav von Seyffertitz

President of Trial Court

Gene Garrick

Young German Soldier