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Nurse Edith Cavell

Nurse Edith Cavell

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 31, 1939

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama, War

User Score

64%

Original Title

Nurse Edith Cavell

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures, Imperadio Pictures Ltd.

Director

Herbert Wilcox

Description

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