Nurse Edith Cavell

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

Release Date

31 August 1939

97 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Nurse Edith Cavell
Countess de Mavon
Capt. Heinrichs
Mme. Rappard
Mme. Moulin
Hugh Gibson
Sister Williams
Nurse O'Brien
Cobbler
Gen. von Ehrhardt