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Movie poster: Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
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Nurse Edith Cavell

1939 · 97 min Drama War
6.4 / 10 · TMDB

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

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Year 1939
Country United States of America
Genre Drama, War
Director Herbert Wilcox
Runtime 97 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.4/10 (11 votes)

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This 1939 film, released on the brink of global conflict, elevates a true story into a poignant study of conscience under pressure. It focuses less on thriller mechanics and more on the quiet, devastating cost of choosing humanity in an inhumane system.

What lingers after the final frame is not spectacle, but the sobering weight of a simple, courageous decision made in the shadow of tyranny. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Herbert Wilcox

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In a quiet setting, to absorb the gravitas of its black-and-white imagery and moral clarity.

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