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Nurse Edith Cavell
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6.6British 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
Released: 1939-08-3197 minDir: Herbert WilcoxDrama, War
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
Themes
- nurse
- biography
- hospital
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
416 votes
- Year
- 1939
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, War
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Edith Cavell
- Director
- Herbert Wilcox
- Screenwriter
- Michael Hogan
- Cast member
- William Edmunds
- Composer
- Anthony Collins
- Producer
- Herbert Wilcox
- Cinematographer
- Freddie Young
- Narrative location
- Belgium
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 410613
- Image
- Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) 1.jpg
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- publication date
- 1939-01-01
- title
- Nurse Edith Cavell
- distributed by
- RKO Pictures
- film editor
- Elmo Williams
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- color
- black-and-white
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Gallery (6)
Available in 8 languages
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