Nurse Edith Cavell

Nurse Edith Cavell

"This Woman Must Die!"

1939 · 97 min · ★ 6.6 · Drama, War

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

Directed by Herbert Wilcox · Written by Reginald Berkeley

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