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The Nun’s Story


Director: Fred Zinnemann

Genre: Drama

Year: 1959

Running time: 151 minutes

Territory: International

Studio: Warner

Format: DCP

Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, Dean Jagger, Mildred Dunnock, Beatrice Straight, Ruth White, Barbara O'Neil

Language options: Dialogue - EN

Based on Kathryn C. Hulme's best selling novel, The Nun's Story is an unforgettable revelation of the seldom-seen world behind convent walls. Audrey Hepburn portrays Sister Luke, a nun whose life journey leads her to a much desired position as a surgical nurse in a Belgian Congo missionary hospital but who is tortured by self-doubt. After she returns to her native Belgium, World War II breaks out and she finds her commitment seriously tested; torn between the pull of the Resistance and the church's neutrality.

Directed by four-time Academy Award winner Fred Zinnemann, The Nun's Story earned eight Oscar® nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress.




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