Nurse Edith Cavell
★ 6.6·1939·1h 37min·Drama and War
"This Woman Must Die!"
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
- Director
- Herbert Wilcox
- Original language
- English
- Status
- Released (Aug 31, 1939)
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Cast
37 people
Anna NeagleNurse Edith Cavell
Edna May OliverCountess de Mavon
George SandersCapt. Heinrichs
May RobsonMme. Rappard
Zasu PittsMme. Moulin
H.B. WarnerHugh Gibson
Sophie StewartSister Williams
Mary HowardNurse O'Brien
Robert CooteBungey
Martin KosleckPierre- GIGui IgnonCobbler
Lionel RoyceGen. von Ehrhardt
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Jimmy ButlerJean Rappard
Rex DowningFrançois Rappard
Henry BrandonLt. Schultz- LVLouis V. ArcoPvt. Rammler
Egon BrecherDr. Gunther
Adrienne D'AmbricourtUndetermined Role
Joe De StefaniManager- RDRichard DeaneLt. Wilson, Airman
Ernst DeutschDr. Schroeder, Public Prosecutor
William EdmundsAlbert
Gilbert EmeryBrand Whitlock
Jack GarganGerman Soldier
Halliwell HobbesBritish Chaplain- WKWilly KaufmanBaron von Weser
Fritz LeiberSadi Kirschen
Torben MeyerBit Role
Lucien PrivalLt. Schmidt
Frank ReicherBaron von Bissing
Bert RoachGeorge Moulin
Bodil RosingCharlotte- RRRobert R. StephensonGerman Officer
Henry VictorJaubec
Wilhelm von BrinckenGerman Firing Squad Officer
Gustav von SeyffertitzPresident of Trial Court
Gene GarrickYoung German Soldier
