Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)

Drama
War

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

Nurse Edith Cavell
Countess de Mavon
Gen. von Ehrhardt
Jean Rappard
François Rappard
Lt. Schultz
Pvt. Rammler
Dr. Gunther
Undetermined Role
Lt. Wilson, Airman
Capt. Heinrichs
Dr. Schroeder, Public Prosecutor
Brand Whitlock
German Soldier
British Chaplain
Baron von Weser
Sadi Kirschen
Lt. Schmidt
Baron von Bissing
Mme. Rappard
George Moulin
Charlotte
German Firing Squad Officer
President of Trial Court
Young German Soldier
Mme. Moulin
Hugh Gibson
Sister Williams
Nurse O'Brien

Crew

Associate Producer
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Set Decoration
Assistant Director
Assistant Director