STORY OF NURSE CAVELL

Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1928, Page 7

STORY OF NURSE CAVELL

GERMANS OBJECT TO FILM MOVEMENT TO SUPPRESS IT DENIAL OF SOME FEATURES By Telegraph—Tress Assn.—Copyright. Received Feb. 9, 8.20 p.m. A.P.A. and Sun. Berlin, Feb. 8. The Foreign Office announces that the German ambassadors in London and Brussels are making efforts to prevent the Nurse Cavell film from being shown in public, on the ground that such a film “only revives painful memories and may embitter the relations between the countries.” Sybil Thorndyke figures as the nurse in the Edith Cavfll film, which is entitled “Dawn.” It is pointed out by the German Foreign Office that the film version of Nurse Cavell’s execution differs from the German official account, which contains nothing about a German officer having shot the nurse or about a German soldier in the execution Squad having refused to obey the order to fire. The Tagliche Rundschau says:— “The film travesties the truth. The attitude of Britain towards European reconciliation leads us to hope meant will be found to prevent the exhibition of the film which is calculated to whip up the passions of the people.” The German Embassy has unofficially pointed out the undesirableness of the film. The Daily Express understands it is unlikely that the Foreign Office will act. The only body capable .of suppressing the film is the board of film censors. The producers are taking no notice of the protest and say the film will be shown in Brussels and Berlin, because it in nowise' offends German susceptibilities.