Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
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Many of the "preparedness" films of the years just prior to World War II sidestepped censorship by depicting past outrages of the Germans. Such a film was British producer Herbert Wilcox's Hollywood production Nurse Edith Cavell, in which Wilcox's future wife Anna Neagle portrayed… More Many of the "preparedness" films of the years just prior to World War II sidestepped censorship by depicting past outrages of the Germans. Such a film was British producer Herbert Wilcox's Hollywood production Nurse Edith Cavell, in which Wilcox's future wife Anna Neagle portrayed the titular martyred Englishwoman. Ms. Neagle plays the legendary Ms. Cavell as a candidate for Canonization. Her selfless efforts to rescue refugee soldiers from World War I Belgium results in her being arrested on charges of espionage. Despite international pleas for clemency, the dastardly Deutschlanders sentence Edith to death. She faces the firing squad with a courageous serenity that makes Joan of Arc look like a hysterical schoolgirl. An earlier, silent version of Nurse Edith Cavell had caused turmoil in England due to its unadorned depiction of war's horrors. In 1939, however, audiences inundated by reports of Hitler's latest outrages were more receptive. Ironically, the film opened in the US a scant few days before war broke out in Europe. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Herbert Wilcox
- Genres
- Drama
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Cast
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Anna Neagle
as Nurse Edith Cavell
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Edna May Oliver
as Countess de Mavon
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George Sanders
as Capt. Heinrichs
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May Robson
as Mme. Rappard
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H.B. Warner
as Mr. Gibson
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Sophie Stewart
as Sister Watkins
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Mary Howard
as Nurse O'Brien
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Robert Coote
as Bungey
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Martin Kosleck
as Pierre
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Lionel Royce
as Gen. Von Ehrhardt
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Jimmy Butler
as Jean Rappard
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Rex Downing
as Francois Rappard
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Henry Brandon
as Lt. Schultz
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Fritz Leiber
as Sadi Kirschen
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Gilbert Emery
as Brad Whitlock
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Lucien Prival
as Lt. Schmidt
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Richard Deane
as Lt. Wilson
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Bert Roach
as George Moulin
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Halliwell Hobbes
as British Chaplain
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Ernst Deutsch
as Dr. Schroeder Public Prosecutor
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Egon Brecher
as Dr. Gunther
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Will Kaufman
as Baron von Weser
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Gustav von Seyffertitz
as President of Trial Court
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Zasu Pitts
as Mme. Moulin
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Frank Reicher
as Baron von Bissing
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Henry Victor
as Jaubec
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Joseph DeStefani
as Manager
