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War Nurse

193079 minUnited States
WarRomanceDrama
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
English
This copy runs
79:05
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

Languages and subtitles

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Wikimedia Commons · Edgar Selwyn · Public domain

Synopsis

Young American volunteers turn an abandoned building in France into a wartime hospital. As they learn to nurse the wounded, friendships and romances develop under the pressure of casualties, danger and uncertain futures.

Cast

DirectorsEdgar Selwyn

Historical context

The film places the First World War behind the lines, following women with little initial medical experience. Their changing expectations connect the hospital's demands with the personal costs of military service.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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