The Lady with a Lamp

The Lady with a Lamp (1951)

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.

Date of release
1951-09-22
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama
Director
Herbert Wilcox

Casting

Interesting facts

The Lady with a Lamp is a 1951 British historical drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding and Felix Aylmer. It was written by Warren Chetham Strode based on the 1929 play The Lady with a Lamp by Reginald Berkeley. The film depicts the life of Florence Nightingale and her work with wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War.

Production

It was shot at Shepperton Studios outside London. Location shooting took place at Cole Green railway station in Hertfordshire and at Lea Hurst, the Nightingale family home, near Matlock in Derbyshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director William C. Andrews. The film includes Queen Victoria as a character; Neagle had previously played the monarch in two 1930s films.

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