About this release
In this film, Anna Neagle plays the legendary Edith Cavell as a candidate for Canonization. Her selfless efforts to rescue refugee soldiers from WWI Belgium results in her being arrested on charges of espionage. Despite international pleas for clemency, the dastardly Deutschlanders sentence Cavell to death.
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Disc 1
DVD
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
97 min
WarDrama
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
Credits
Director
Herbert Wilcox
Writer
Michael Hogan
Cast
Anna Neagleas Nurse Edith Cavell
Edna May Oliveras Countess de Mavon
George Sandersas Capt. Heinrichs
May Robsonas Mme. Rappard
Zasu Pittsas Mme. Moulin
H.B. Warneras Hugh Gibson
Sophie Stewartas Sister Williams
Mary Howardas Nurse O'Brien
Robert Cooteas Bungey
Martin Kosleckas Pierre
Cinematographer
Freddie Young
Joseph H. August
Composer
Anthony Collins
Editor
Elmo Williams
Producer
Herbert Wilcox
Release Details
- Packaging
- Keep Case
Images
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 23, 2026