Movie Description
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
Featured Crew
- Director : Herbert Wilcox
- Producer : Herbert Wilcox
- Writer : Michael Hogan
- Editor : Elmo Williams
- Cast : Anna Neagle,Edna May Oliver,George Sanders,May Robson,Zasu Pitts,H.B. Warner,Sophie Stewart,Mary Howard,Robert Coote,Martin Kosleck,Gui Ignon,Lionel Royce,Jimmy Butler,Rex Downing,Henry Brandon,Louis V. Arco,Egon Brecher,Adrienne D'Ambricourt,Joe De Stefani,Richard Deane,Ernst Deutsch,William Edmunds,Gilbert Emery,Jack Gargan,Halliwell Hobbes,Willy Kaufman,Fritz Leiber,Torben Meyer,Lucien Prival,Frank Reicher,Bert Roach,Bodil Rosing,Robert R. Stephenson,Henry Victor,Wilhelm von Brincken,Gustav von Seyffertitz,Gene Garrick
Cast
Nurse Edith Cavell
Countess de Mavon
Capt. Heinrichs
Mme. Rappard
Mme. Moulin
Hugh Gibson
Sister Williams
Nurse O'Brien
Bungey
Pierre
Cobbler
Gen. von Ehrhardt
Jean Rappard
François Rappard
Lt. Schultz
Pvt. Rammler
Dr. Gunther
Undetermined Role
Manager
Lt. Wilson, Airman
Dr. Schroeder, Public Prosecutor
Albert
Brand Whitlock
German Soldier
British Chaplain
Baron von Weser
Sadi Kirschen
Bit Role
Lt. Schmidt
Baron von Bissing
George Moulin
Charlotte
German Officer
Jaubec
German Firing Squad Officer
President of Trial Court
Young German Soldier
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Facts
Original TitleNurse Edith Cavell
Status Released
Release Information
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1939-08-31
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 37m
Production CompaniesRKO Radio Pictures,Imperadio Pictures Ltd.
Genres
- Drama
- War
