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Film Matinee: Nurse Edith Cavell

BBC One
on BBC One London

A film for Remembrance Sunday
starring Anna Neagle
with Edna May Oliver, George Sanders, May Robson

'I realise that patriotism is not enough, I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.' The famous words of Edith Cavell, spoken before her execution by the Germans for aiding the escape of allied soldiers from occupied Belgium in 1915 - an act of inhumanity that did much to damage Germany's reputation among the neutral countries.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Michael Hogan
Produced and directed by:
Herbert Wilcox
Edith Cavell:
Anna Neagle
Countess Mavon:
Edna May Oliver
Captain Heinrichs:
George Sanders
Mme Rappard:
May Robson
Mme Moulin:
Zasu Pitts
Miss Watkins:
Sophie Stewart
Source: Radio Times

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