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

• DirectorHerbert Wilcox
• Release31 August 1939
• Genre
  Drama / War
• Duration1h 37m
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• Rate
  

  6.4
  11 reviews
• Productions

  RKO Radio Pictures, Imperadio Pictures Ltd.