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Nurse Edith Cavell

6.619391h 37mMovieDramaWar

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…

DirectorHerbert Wilcox
WritersMichael Hogan·Reginald Berkeley
ProducerHerbert Wilcox

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Availability shown for United Kingdom · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Herbert Wilcox

ANAnna Neagle
Anna Neagle
Nurse Edith Cavell
EOEdna May Oliver
Edna May Oliver
Countess de Mavon
GSGeorge Sanders
George Sanders
Capt. Heinrichs
MRMay Robson
May Robson
Mme. Rappard
ZPZasu Pitts
Zasu Pitts
Mme. Moulin
HWH.B. Warner
H.B. Warner
Hugh Gibson
SSSophie Stewart
Sophie Stewart
Sister Williams
MHMary Howard
Mary Howard
Nurse O'Brien
RCRobert Coote
Robert Coote
Bungey
MKMartin Kosleck
Martin Kosleck
Pierre
GI
Gui Ignon
Cobbler
LRLionel Royce
Lionel Royce
Gen. von Ehrhardt

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Nurse Edith Cavell isn't available free in United Kingdom; you can only rent or buy it on Apple TV Store and Google Play Movies.

Is Nurse Edith Cavell based on a true story?

Yes — Nurse Edith Cavell is based on true events, dramatising real people and events (some details may be fictionalised for the screen).