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The Lady with a Lamp

1951·110 min

The Lady with a Lamp

Directed by Herbert Wilcox

Drama

Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.

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Florence Nightingale

Michael Wilding

Sidney Herbert (Lord Herbert of Lea)

Mrs. Bracebridge

Lord Palmerston

Crew

Warren Chetham-Strode

Writer

Anthony Collins

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Julian D'Albie

Mr. Bracebridge

Mr. Nightingale

Parthenope Nightingale

Rosalie Crutchley

Mrs. Sidney Herbert

Sister Wheeler

Nurse Johnson

Howard Russell

Dr. Sutherland

Clement McCallin

Richard M. Milnes

Queen Victoria

Rt. Hon. William Gladstone

Prince Albert

Sybil Thorndike

Miss Bosanquet

Lord Stratford

Sir Douglass Dawson

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What is The Lady with a Lamp about?

The Lady with a Lamp (1951) is about based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.

Who directed The Lady with a Lamp?

Herbert Wilcox directed The Lady with a Lamp (1951).

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