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
Anna Neagle | Nurse Edith Cavell |
Edna May Oliver | Countess de Mavon |
George Sanders | Capt. Heinrichs |
May Robson | Mme. Rappard |
Zasu Pitts | Mme. Moulin |
H.B. Warner | Hugh Gibson |
Sophie Stewart | Sister Williams |
Mary Howard | Nurse O'Brien |
Robert Coote | Bungey |
Martin Kosleck | Pierre |
Gui Ignon | Cobbler |
Lionel Royce | Gen. von Ehrhardt |