| The Nun's Story | |||||
| Warner Bros. (1959) | |||||
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#1658 |
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| Audrey Hepburn | Sister Luke (Gabrielle van der Mal) | |
| Peter Finch | Dr. Fortunati | |
| Edith Evans | Rev. Mother Emmanuel (Belgium) | |
| Peggy Ashcroft | Mother Mathilde (Africa) | |
| Dean Jagger | Dr. van der Mal | |
| Mildred Dunnock | Sister Margharita (Mistress of Postulants) | |
| Beatrice Straight | Mother Christophe (Sanatorium) | |
| Patricia Collinge | Sister William (Convent Teacher) | |
| Rosalie Crutchley | Sister Eleanor | |
| Ruth White | Mother Marcella (School of Medicine) | |
| Barbara O'Neil | Mother Didyma (Wartime Hospital) | |
| Margaret Phillips | Sister Pauline (Medical Student) | |
| Patricia Bosworth | Simone (Postulant who changed her mind) | |
| Colleen Dewhurst | Archangel Gabriel (Sanatorium) | |
| Stephen Murray | Chaplain (Father Andre) |
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| Producer |
Henry Blanke
Fred Zinnemann |
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| Writer |
Robert Anderson
Kathryn Hulme |
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| Cinematography |
Franz Planer
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| Musician |
Franz Waxman
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This is a story of a nun who has to overcome a lot of obstacles. Her dad has hard times understanding her. She is a great student in the science of tropical medicine. At last, when she is assigned there, she comes to discover that she is working in the European instead of the native hospital. There she meets Dr. Fortunati who helps her with tuberculosis. When she returns back home, she has trouble accepting the neutrality of her order as the Second World War rages and chooses to leave |
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