
The Nun's Story (1959)
7.2|18 Jun, 1959|151 min
From the very beginning, she was not like the others...
7.2|18 Jun, 1959|151 min
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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.
Language
Budget$3,500,000
Revenue $12,800,000
English,
Latin,
Kiswahili
Budget$3,500,000
Revenue $12,800,000
Keywords
nurse
nun
missionary
world war ii
congo
belgium
sanitarium
female protagonist
hospital
tuberculosis
convent (nunnery)
thinness
obedience
Casts

Audrey Hepburn
Sister Luke

Peter Finch
Dr. Fortunati

Edith Evans
Rev. Mother Emmanuel

Peggy Ashcroft
Mother Mathilde

Dean Jagger
Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal

Mildred Dunnock
Sister Margharita

Beatrice Straight
Mother Christophe

Patricia Collinge
Sister William

Rosalie Crutchley
Sister Eleanor

Ruth White
Mother Marcella

Barbara O'Neil
Mother Didyma

Margaret Phillips
Sister Pauline
Patricia Bosworth
Simone

Colleen Dewhurst
Dangerous Hospital Patient
Stephen Murray
Chaplain

Lionel Jeffries
Dr. Goovaerts

Niall MacGinnis
Father Vermeuhlen

Eva Kotthaus
Sister Marie
Molly Urquhart
Sister Augustine

Dorothy Alison
Sister Aurelie

Jeanette Sterke
Louise

Errol John
Illunga
Diana Lambert
Lisa

Orlando Martins
Kalulu

Penelope Horner
Jeanette Milonet (uncredited)
Charles Lamb
Pascin (uncredited)

Ave Ninchi
Sister Bernard (uncredited)

Richard O'Sullivan
Pierre (uncredited)
Frank Singuineau
Murderer of Sister Aurelie (uncredited)

Elsa Albani
(uncredited)

Gabriella Andreini
(uncredited)
Juan Aymerich
(uncredited)
Grazia De Rossi
(uncredited)

Giovanna Galletti
(uncredited)
Crews

Fred Zinnemann
Director
Kathryn C. Hulme
Novel

Robert Anderson
Screenplay
Stanley Browne
Technical Advisor
Marie-Louise Habets
Technical Advisor
Franz Planer
Director of Photography

Alexandre Trauner
Art Direction
Henry Blanke
Producer

Fred Zinnemann
Producer

Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Maurice Barnathan
Set Decoration
Marjorie Best
Costume Design
Walter Thompson
Editor
Grazia De Rossi
Hairstylist
Oliver S. Garretson
Sound

Sergio Leone
Assistant Director
Goffredo Bellisario
Camera Operator

Léo L. Fuchs
Still Photographer
Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Artist
Julien Derode
Production Manager

Bernard Vorhaus
Assistant Director
Italo Tomassi
Art Department Manager
Chuck Hansen
Production Manager
Robert J. Miller
Sound Recordist
Christian Ferry
Location Manager
Orazio Tassara
Production Manager
Elaine Schreyeck
Script Supervisor
Sam Zebba
Second Unit

Franz Waxman
Conductor
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