The Lady with a Lamp
6.6(7)19511h 50mEN
Directed by Herbert Wilcox
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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based on play or musicalflorence nightingalecrimean war (1853-56)
