Nurse Edith Cavell
"This Woman Must Die!"
1939 | 97m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Herbert Wilcox |
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| Writer: | Reginald Berkeley, Edith Cavell, Michael Hogan |
| Staring: |
| 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 | |
| Release Date: | Aug 31, 1939 |
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| Director: | Herbert Wilcox |
| Writer: | Reginald Berkeley, Edith Cavell, Michael Hogan |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
| Keywords | nurse, biography, hospital |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures, Imperadio Pictures Ltd. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Anna Neagle | Nurse Edith Cavell |
| Edna May Oliver | Countess de Mavon |
| George Sanders | Capt. Heinrichs |
| May Robson | Mme. Rappard |
| Zasu Pitts | Mme. Moulin |
| H.B. Warner | Hugh Gibson |
| Sophie Stewart | Sister Williams |
| Mary Howard | Nurse O'Brien |
| Robert Coote | Bungey |
| Martin Kosleck | Pierre |
| Gui Ignon | Cobbler |
| Lionel Royce | Gen. von Ehrhardt |
| Jimmy Butler | Jean Rappard |
| Rex Downing | François Rappard |
| Henry Brandon | Lt. Schultz |
| Louis V. Arco | Pvt. Rammler |
| Egon Brecher | Dr. Gunther |
| Adrienne D'Ambricourt | Undetermined Role |
| Joe De Stefani | Manager |
| Richard Deane | Lt. Wilson, Airman |
| Ernst Deutsch | Dr. Schroeder, Public Prosecutor |
| William Edmunds | Albert |
| Gilbert Emery | Brand Whitlock |
| Jack Gargan | German Soldier |
| Halliwell Hobbes | British Chaplain |
| Willy Kaufman | Baron von Weser |
| Fritz Leiber | Sadi Kirschen |
| Torben Meyer | Bit Role |
| Lucien Prival | Lt. Schmidt |
| Frank Reicher | Baron von Bissing |
| Bert Roach | George Moulin |
| Bodil Rosing | Charlotte |
| Robert R. Stephenson | German Officer |
| Henry Victor | Jaubec |
| Wilhelm von Brincken | German Firing Squad Officer |
| Gustav von Seyffertitz | President of Trial Court |
| Gene Garrick | Young German Soldier |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Herbert Wilcox | Director |
| Freddie Young | Director of Photography |
| Reginald Berkeley | Story |
| Edith Cavell | Novel |
| Michael Hogan | Writer |
| Anthony Collins | Original Music Composer |
| Joseph H. August | Director of Photography |
| Elmo Williams | Editor |
| Lawrence P. Williams | Art Direction |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| James H. Anderson | Assistant Director |
| Lloyd Richards | Assistant Director |
| Richard Van Hessen | Sound |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Herbert Wilcox | Producer |
| Merrill G. White | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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Anna Neagle in the title role and Edna May Oliver as the Countess de Mavon are on great form in this authentic looking biopic of the first world war nurse who ran a small hospital in Brussels. The two women quickly establish a network to help prisoners of war escape home via Holland, but it doesn't ... take the Bosch long to discover what's going on and the stiff necked sophisticate, "Capt. Heinrichs" (George Sanders) leads the investigation into their increasingly perilous activities. The outcome is the stuff of history, and the story stays tragically faithful to that - Herbert Wilcox tells the tale of these heroic folks poignantly and sympathetically. It's maybe not the best from a technical perspective, the film looks much older than it is and the lighting could do with a little more wattage; but with the help of a few stars from the silent era - Zasu Pitts and HB Warner - alongside a smashing Anthony Collins score, we really do get a feeling for the terrible risks they took and for their courage and bravery. Even now - over 100 year later, it's still an evocative story well told.