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The woman who turned nursing into a science — and pissed off every Victorian man doing it.
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Florence Nightingale (2008)

quietly radicalcorsets and calculusperiod piece with teeth

Overview

DramaTV Movie

Reflective drama of pioneering nurse, writer and noted statistician Florence Nightingale

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Content warning
period drama19th centurychristian filmflorence nightingale
institutional resistance to womendata as activismspiritual crisis and purposeclass and compassion

Standout Aspects

Acting

Laura Fraser's steely warmth carries every scene.

Production

Crimean War hospital sets are grimly authentic.

Writing

Refuses to sanitize her difficult, driven personality.

Best for:Solo: Sunday afternoon with tea and righteous indignation.·Streaming: Perfect PBS-style comfort watch when you need competence porn.·Family: Teach kids that 'ladylike' and 'revolutionary' aren't opposites.
Heads up:Emotional: Wartime suffering and high mortality rates depicted.
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Director

Norman Stone

ReleasedJun 1, 2008
Runtime1h
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelmedium
1A Productions

Top Cast

Laura Fraser

Laura Fraser

Florence Nightingale

Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

Wen

Barbara Marten

Barbara Marten

Fanny

Keith Clifford

Keith Clifford

The Colonel

Roy Hudd

Roy Hudd

Music Hall barker

Catherine Tyldesley

Catherine Tyldesley

Parthenope

Ian Bartholomew

Ian Bartholomew

Sir Sydney Herbert

Olwen May

Olwen May

Mother Mary Clare

Lorraine Cheshire

Lorraine Cheshire

Watson

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Trivia

Laura Fraser later played a nurse in Breaking Bad — full circle from pioneering the profession to fictional meth-land healthcare.

Insight

Nightingale was the first female member of the Royal Statistical Society; the film barely scratches her polar area diagram innovations that revolutionized data visualization.

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