An English nurse with a great reputation for her work in Belgian hospitals, becomes outraged at the number of Allied soldiers detained in German prisoner-of-war camps during World War I, and devises a secret plan to help hundreds escape.

English nurse Edith Cavell is matron in a small private hospital in German-occupied Brussels during WWI. After the son of a recently deceased patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, Cavell helps him reach Holland and safety. This leads to Cavell, a local noblewoman, the grandmother of the escaped prisoner-of-war, and others to form an organization to help Belgian, French, English and other soldiers escape as well. Eventually the Germans become aware of what's happening and take action.—Ron Kerrigan <[email protected]>