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Nurse Edith Cavell

Nurse Edith Cavell

Drama, War

1h 37m

August 31, 1939 (86 years ago)

Overview

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

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Anna Neagle

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