Nurse Edith Cavell

Nurse Edith Cavell

"This Woman Must Die!"

Director: Herbert Wilcox

Writer: Michael Hogan

Producer: Herbert Wilcox

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

97 min Rating: 6.4/10 Released

Top Cast

Anna Neagle
Anna Neagle
Nurse Edith Cavell
Edna May Oliver
Edna May Oliver
Countess de Mavon
George Sanders
George Sanders
Capt. Heinrichs
May Robson
May Robson
Mme. Rappard
Zasu Pitts
Zasu Pitts
Mme. Moulin
H.B. Warner
H.B. Warner
Hugh Gibson

Movie Info

Director: Herbert Wilcox

Writer: Michael Hogan

Producer: Herbert Wilcox

Production Companies: RKO Radio Pictures, Imperadio Pictures Ltd.

Countries: United States of America

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What Others Said

CinemaSerf: 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.