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Nurse Edith Cavell is a 1939 American film directed by British director Herbert Wilcox about Edith Cavell . The film was nominated at the 1939 Oscars for Best Original Score . Plot. The story follows the broadly true story of Edith Cavell who went to German-occupied Brussels after the onset of the First World War .
- $508,000
- Herbert Wilcox, Merrill G. White (associate)
With Anna Neagle, Edna May Oliver, George Sanders, May Robson. An English nurse with a great reputation for her work in Belgian hospitals, becomes outraged at the number of Allied soldiers detained in German prisoner-of-war camps during World War I, and devises a secret plan to help hundreds escape.
- (384)
- Biography, Drama, War
- Herbert Wilcox
- 1939
British nurse Edith Cavell (Anna Neagle) 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...
- History, Drama
- Anna Neagle
- Herbert Wilcox
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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.
- 1939
- 15
- Herbert Wilcox
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Summaries. An English nurse with a great reputation for her work in Belgian hospitals, becomes outraged at the number of Allied soldiers detained in German prisoner-of-war camps during World War I, and devises a secret plan to help hundreds escape.
1939 · 1 hr 37 min. TV-PG. Drama · War. A nurse in occupied Belgium helps hundreds of refugees and escaped POWs over the border into Holland until her arrest by the German High Command. Subtitles: English. Starring: Anna Neagle George Sanders Edna May Oliver May Robson Zasu Pitts. Directed by: Herbert Wilcox.
