Drama · United Kingdom · 1951 · 1h 50m

The Lady with a Lamp

Director

Cast

Anna Neagle as Florence Nightingale Michael Wilding as Sidney Herbert (Lord Herbert of Lea) Gladys Young as Mrs. Bracebridge Felix Aylmer as Lord Palmerston Julian D'Albie as Mr. Bracebridge Edwin Styles as Mr. Nightingale

Crew

Mutz Greenbaum — Director of Photography Bill Lewthwaite — Editor Anthony Collins — Original Music Composer Warren Chetham-Strode — Writer Herbert Wilcox — Producer

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

based on play or musical florence nightingale crimean war (1853-56)

Key Collaborators

Herbert Wilcox Director Mutz Greenbaum Director of Photography Bill Lewthwaite Editor Anthony Collins Original Music Composer Warren Chetham-Strode Writer Herbert Wilcox Producer

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