Fresh
Fred Zinnemann's production is a soaring and luminous film.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Nun's Story
From the very beginning, she was not like the others...
1959 · 2h 31m · NOT RATED
Drama
Directed by
Fred Zinnemann
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The Nun's Story
Overview
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Director and cast
- Fred Zinnemann Director
- Audrey Hepburn as Sister Luke
- Peter Finch as Dr. Fortunati
- Edith Evans as Rev. Mother Emmanuel
- Peggy Ashcroft as Mother Mathilde
- Dean Jagger as Dr. Van Der Mal
- Mildred Dunnock as Sister Margharita
- Beatrice Straight as Mother Christophe
- Colleen Dewhurst as Dangerous hospital patient
- Patricia Collinge as Sister William
- Rosalie Crutchley Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's still a long haul (made no lighter by Franz Waxman's abominably insistent score) for anyone not committed to theological problems of faith, conscience and obedience.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Fresh
In the role of the nun, Miss Hepburn is fluent and luminous.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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