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The Nun's Story

From the very beginning, she was not like the others...

1959 · NR · 2h 31m

Directed by Fred Zinnemann

7.2

TMDB audience score
207 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • 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