Nurse Edith Cavell

Nurse Edith Cavell

97 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 31, 1939

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

Nurse Edith Cavell

97 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 31, 1939

Nurse Edith Cavell
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
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers RKO Radio Pictures, Imperadio Pictures Ltd.
Original title Nurse Edith Cavell
Directors Lloyd Richards, Herbert Wilcox, James H. Anderson
Writers Edith Cavell, Reginald Berkeley, Michael Hogan

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

Sophie Stewart

as Sister Williams

Mary Howard

as Nurse O'Brien

Robert Coote

as Bungey

Martin Kosleck

as Pierre

Gui Ignon

as Cobbler

Lionel Royce

as Gen. von Ehrhardt

Jimmy Butler

as Jean Rappard

Rex Downing

as François Rappard

Henry Brandon

as Lt. Schultz

Louis V. Arco

as Pvt. Rammler

Egon Brecher

as Dr. Gunther

Adrienne D'Ambricourt

as Undetermined Role

Joe De Stefani

as Manager

Richard Deane

as Lt. Wilson, Airman

Ernst Deutsch

as Dr. Schroeder, Public Prosecutor

William Edmunds

as Albert

Gilbert Emery

as Brand Whitlock

Jack Gargan

as German Soldier

Halliwell Hobbes

as British Chaplain

Willy Kaufman

as Baron von Weser

Fritz Leiber

as Sadi Kirschen

Torben Meyer

as Bit Role

Lucien Prival

as Lt. Schmidt

Frank Reicher

as Baron von Bissing

Bert Roach

as George Moulin

Bodil Rosing

as Charlotte

Robert R. Stephenson

as German Officer

Henry Victor

as Jaubec

Wilhelm von Brincken

as German Firing Squad Officer

Gustav von Seyffertitz

as President of Trial Court

Gene Garrick

as Young German Soldier