Edith Cavell: Englannin valkoinen sisar

Original title: Dawn

19281928
1h 30m

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Edith Cavell: Englannin valkoinen sisar (1928)

Drama War

A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

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POPULARITY

332,713

171

Director
- Herbert Wilcox
Writers
- Reginald Berkeley(story)
- Robert Cullen(scenario)
- Herbert Wilcox(adaptation)
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Trivia
A copy of this film survives at the British Film Institute.

Quotes
Nurse Edith Cavell: I have no fear nor shrinking. I have seen death so often that it is not strange or fearful to me.

Connections
Version of Nurse and Martyr (1915)

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7/10

A strong story of true heroism

In 1914 nurse Edith Cavell (Sybil Thorndike) works in a Brussells care home when World War I breaks out. Through the war she uses the home as a cover helping 210 British PoWs escape from the Germans back home to England before she is caught.

Adapted from the play by Reginald Berkeley, Herbert Wilcox's film perfectly captures the heroism of Nurse Edith Cavell led by a superb and rare early performance by stage actress Thorndike. Ada Bodent appears as herself as one of the Belgian citizens who helped Cavell.

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