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31/08/1939 Drama, War 1h 37m
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"This Woman Must Die!"

Overview

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

  1. Herbert Wilcox

    Director

  2. Michael Hogan

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Anna Neagle

    Nurse Edith Cavell

  2. Edna May Oliver

    Countess de Mavon

  3. George Sanders

    Capt. Heinrichs

  4. May Robson

    Mme. Rappard

  5. Zasu Pitts

    Mme. Moulin

  6. H.B. Warner

    Hugh Gibson

  7. Sophie Stewart

    Sister Williams

  8. Mary Howard

    Nurse O'Brien

  9. Robert Coote

    Bungey

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-22
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 t...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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