Movie Cosmos - Nurse Edith Cavell

Description:

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

Top Cast >

Anna Neagle

As Nurse Edith Cavell

Edna May Oliver

As Countess de Mavon

George Sanders

As Capt. Heinrichs

May Robson

As Mme. Rappard

Zasu Pitts

As Mme. Moulin

H.B. Warner

As Hugh Gibson

Sophie Stewart

As Sister Williams

Mary Howard

As Nurse O'Brien

Robert Coote

As Bungey

Martin Kosleck

As Pierre

Gui Ignon

As Cobbler

Lionel Royce

As Gen. von Ehrhardt

Jimmy Butler

As Jean Rappard

Rex Downing

As François Rappard

Henry Brandon

As Lt. Schultz

Louis V. Arco

As Pvt. Rammler

Egon Brecher

As Dr. Gunther

Adrienne D'Ambricourt

As Undetermined Role

Joe De Stefani

As Manager

Richard Deane

As Lt. Wilson, Airman

Ernst Deutsch

As Dr. Schroeder, Public Prosecutor

William Edmunds

As Albert

Gilbert Emery

As Brand Whitlock

Jack Gargan

As German Soldier

Halliwell Hobbes

As British Chaplain

Willy Kaufman

As Baron von Weser

Fritz Leiber

As Sadi Kirschen

Torben Meyer

As Bit Role

Lucien Prival

As Lt. Schmidt

Frank Reicher

As Baron von Bissing

Bert Roach

As George Moulin

Bodil Rosing

As Charlotte

Robert R. Stephenson

As German Officer

Henry Victor

As Jaubec

Wilhelm von Brincken

As German Firing Squad Officer

Gustav von Seyffertitz

As President of Trial Court

Gene Garrick

As Young German Soldier

Top Crew >

Herbert Wilcox

Director, Producer

Michael Hogan

Writer

Reginald Berkeley

Story

Edith Cavell

Novel

Elmo Williams

Editor

James H. Anderson

Assistant Director

Richard Van Hessen

Sound

Lawrence P. Williams

Art Direction

Lloyd Richards

Assistant Director

Freddie Young

Director of Photography

Darrell Silvera

Set Decoration

Merrill G. White

Associate Producer

Anthony Collins

Original Music Composer

Joseph H. August

Director of Photography

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (7/10)

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.

2022-06-22