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The Lady with a Lamp (1951) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1951 · 110 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Herbert Wilcox
- Starring
- Madge Brindley, Felix Aylmer, Gordon Jackson, Nigel Stock, Colin Gordon, Rosalie Crutchley
Adapted from Reginald Berkeley’s stage play, the film follows the early life of Florence Nightingale, the 19th‑century Englishwoman who chose nursing as a vocation. As the Crimean War erupts, she travels to Turkey, where her relentless care for wounded troops earns her acclaim and she spearheads reforms that raise sanitation standards in military hospitals.
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