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Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
Directed by Herbert Wilcox
“"This Woman Must Die!"”
Drama, War · 1h 37m
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
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
Robert Coote
Bungey
Martin Kosleck
Pierre
G
Gui Ignon
Cobbler
Lionel Royce
Gen. von Ehrhardt
Crew
- Director
- Herbert Wilcox
- Writer
- Michael Hogan
- Novel
- Edith Cavell
- Director of Photography
- Freddie Young, Joseph H. August
- Original Music Composer
- Anthony Collins
- Editor
- Elmo Williams
- Producer
- Herbert Wilcox
Details
- Release date
- 1939-08-31
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- RKO Radio Pictures, Imperadio Pictures Ltd.