Nurse Helen Fairchild: Killed in Action?
2018
12 min
English
While others hid the horrors of war, her letters home confronted them head-on, revealing the brutal truth with unflinching honesty.
$32,000
Bravery, compassion and the will to save lives motivated the young Nurse Helen Fairchild to leave home in Pennsylvania and embark on a journey to Europe, where she served as a surgical nurse during World War I before dying on the front lines.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- El Dorado Films
Keywords
- nurse
- world war i
- us army
- veteran
- mustard gas
- battle of passchendaele
- third battle of ypres
- casualty clearing station
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Top Cast
Nelle Rote as Nelle Rote
Christine Hallett as Christine Hallet
Top Crew
Eliciana Nascimento · Director, Editor
Daniel L. Bernardi · Writer
George Kallis · Composer
Andrés Gallegos · Cinematographer
Carolina Gratianne · Producer
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