Summary
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.
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- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 63GoodWatch 62
IMDb7.2
Audience score54%
Running time
2 h 20 min
Longer than most dramas, +31 min on the typical 109
typical 109140Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 5 more
Released
1985
April 7, 1985
41 years ago
Genres
DramaTV MovieLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
PortugueseMade in
United Kingdom
and 29 more40 people
- Jaclyn SmithFlorence Nightingale
- Claire BloomFanny Nightingale
- Timothy DaltonRichard Milnes
- Timothy WestWilliam Russell
- Peter McEnerySidney Herbert
- Stephan ChaseDr. Sutherland
- Jeremy BrettWilliam Nightingale
- Jeremy ChildDr. Hall
Brian CoxDr. McGregor
Lesley DunlopJoanne
Michael ElwynDr. Menzies
Julian FellowesCharles Bracebrige
Richenda CareyCommittee Lady
Aimée DelamainOlder Committee Lady- ATAnn ThorntonParthe Nightingale
Patrick DruryHenry Nicholson
Lorna HeilbronSelina
Wolf KahlerGunther
Richard LeechLord Ragland
Ellen PollockLady Monteagle
Marjorie YatesTrude
Geraldine AlexanderMarianne Nicholson
Denis LillDr. Howe
Emma VansittartElizabeth Herbert
Directing · 1
- Daryl Duke Director
Writing · 2
- Ivan Moffat Story, Teleplay
- Rose Leiman Goldemberg Teleplay
Production · 6
- Gerald W. Abrams Executive Producer
- Anthony B. Richmond Producer
- Ron Carr Producer
- Rose Tobias Shaw Casting
- Jennifer Faulstich Associate Producer
- Nick Anderson Production Executive
Camera · 1
- Jack Hildyard Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Bill Lenny Editor
Sound · 2
- Stanley Myers Original Music Composer
- Robin Gregory Sound Recordist
Art · 3
- Harry Pottle Production Design
- Mark Nerini Art Direction
- Terry Parr Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Marit Allen Costume Design
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