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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Herbert WilcoxDirector
- Warren Chetham-StrodeWriter
- Anthony CollinsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Anna NeagleFlorence Nightingale
- Michael WildingSidney Herbert (Lord Herbert of Lea)
- Gladys YoungMrs. Bracebridge
- Felix AylmerLord Palmerston
- Julian D'AlbieMr. Bracebridge
- Edwin StylesMr. Nightingale
- Helen ShinglerParthenope Nightingale
- Rosalie CrutchleyMrs. Sidney Herbert
- Maureen PryorSister Wheeler
- Mary MackenzieNurse Johnson
- Henry EdwardsHoward Russell
- Andrew OsbornDr. Sutherland
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Themes
based on play or musicalflorence nightingalecrimean war (1853-56)