Movie
Nurse Edith Cavell
Released: August 31, 1939 (1939)
Runtime: 97 minutes
Genres: 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
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- May Robson as Mme. Rappard
Age at release: 81
- H.B. Warner as Hugh Gibson
Age at release: 62
- Edna May Oliver as Countess de Mavon
Age at release: 55
- Zasu Pitts as Mme. Moulin
Age at release: 45
- Martin Kosleck as Pierre
Age at release: 35
- Anna Neagle as Nurse Edith Cavell
Age at release: 34
- Sophie Stewart as Sister Williams
Age at release: 34
- George Sanders as Capt. Heinrichs
Age at release: 33
- Robert Coote as Bungey
Age at release: 30
- Mary Howard as Nurse O'Brien
Age at release: 25
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- Gilbert Emery as Brand Whitlock
Age at release: 64
- Frank Reicher as Baron von Bissing
Age at release: 63
- Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Undetermined Role
Age at release: 61
- Halliwell Hobbes as British Chaplain
Age at release: 61
- Egon Brecher as Dr. Gunther
Age at release: 59
- Joe De Stefani as Manager
Age at release: 59
- Fritz Leiber as Sadi Kirschen
Age at release: 57
- William Edmunds as Albert
Age at release: 54
- Torben Meyer as Bit Role
Age at release: 54
- Lionel Royce as Gen. von Ehrhardt
Age at release: 48
- Ernst Deutsch as Dr. Schroeder, Public Prosecutor
Age at release: 48
- Willy Kaufman as Baron von Weser
Age at release: 47
- Jack Gargan as German Soldier
Age at release: 39
- Lucien Prival as Lt. Schmidt
Age at release: 38
- Henry Brandon as Lt. Schultz
Age at release: 27
- Jimmy Butler as Jean Rappard
Age at release: 18
- Rex Downing as François Rappard
Age at release: 14
- Gui Ignon as Cobbler
Age at release: Unknown
- Louis V. Arco as Pvt. Rammler
Age at release: Unknown
- Richard Deane as Lt. Wilson, Airman
Age at release: Unknown