Drama ·War · United States of America · 1939 · 1h 37m

Nurse Edith Cavell

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Director
Herbert Wilcox
Cast
Anna Neagle as Nurse Edith Cavell Edna May Oliver as Countess de Mavon George Sanders as Capt. Heinrichs May Robson as Mme. Rappard Zasu Pitts as Mme. Moulin H.B. Warner as Hugh Gibson
Crew
Freddie Young — Director of Photography Joseph H. August — Director of Photography Elmo Williams — Editor Anthony Collins — Original Music Composer Michael Hogan — Writer Edith Cavell — Novel
Tagline

"This Woman Must Die!"

Synopsis

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

Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Herbert Wilcox Director Freddie Young Director of Photography Joseph H. August Director of Photography Elmo Williams Editor Anthony Collins Original Music Composer Michael Hogan Writer Edith Cavell Novel Reginald Berkeley Story Herbert Wilcox Producer
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