Florence Nightingale (1915 film)

For other uses, see Florence Nightingale (disambiguation).

Florence Nightingale is a 1915 British silent historical film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Elisabeth Risdon, Fred Groves and A. V. Bramble.^[1] The film portrays the life of Florence Nightingale, particularly her innovations in nursing during the Crimean War (1854–56). The film was based on Edward Tyas Cook's biography of Nightingale.

Florence Nightingale
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Written by	Edward Tyas Cook (book) Eliot Stannard
Starring	Elisabeth Risdon Fred Groves A. V. Bramble
Production company	British & Colonial Kinematograph Company
Distributed by	Ideal Films
Release date	March 1915 (1915-03)
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Cast

• Elisabeth Risdon as Florence Nightingale
• Fred Groves as Doctor
• A. V. Bramble as Sydney Herbert
• M. Gray Murray
• Beatrix Templeton
• Pauline Peters