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Florence Nightingale

When:

The 1850s

The fact-based story of the pioneer of nursing known as 'the Lady with the Lamp'. — This is the fact-based story of an aristocratic woman who defies Victorian society to reform hospital sanitation and to define the nursing profession as it is known today. After volunteering to travel to Scutari to care for the wounded soldiers, who are victims of the Crimean war, she finds herself very unwelcome and faces great opposition for her new way of thinking. However through her selfless acts of caring, she quickly becomes known as 'The Lady with the Lamp', the caring nurse whose shadow soldiers kiss.

Released in 1985 — 140 minutes

Genres:

Drama TV Movie

Languages:

English Portuguese