The Lady with a Lamp 1951

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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.

Release Date 1951-09-22
Runtime 1h 50m
Directors Herbert Wilcox, Frank Hollands, Mutz Greenbaum
Producers Anna Neagle, Herbert Wilcox
Writers Warren Chetham-Strode, Reginald Berkeley