Director: Fred Zinnemann

Writer: Robert Anderson

Based on a book by: Kathryn C. Hulme

Music Composed and Conducted by: Franz Waxman

Producer: Henry Blanke

Keywords: Drama, Nuns

A Belgian girl tests her faith when she becomes a Roman Catholic nun, requesting assignment to the Congo which is granted after a long stint serving in a mental asylum. Years later she is ordered home, her faith further tested when the Nazis invade. Received 8 Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Adaptation, Best Cinematography, and Best Score.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dorothy Alison	Actor	4-Apr-1925	17-Jan-1992	See No Evil
Peggy Ashcroft	Actor	22-Dec-1907	14-Jun-1991	A Passage to India
Colleen Dewhurst	Actor	3-Jun-1924	2-Aug-1991	Murphy Brown's mother
Mildred Dunnock	Actor	25-Jan-1901	5-Jul-1991	Death of a Salesman
Edith Evans	Actor	8-Feb-1888	14-Oct-1976	The Whisperers
Peter Finch	Actor	28-Sep-1916	14-Jan-1977	Network
Audrey Hepburn	Actor	4-May-1929	20-Jan-1993	My Fair Lady
Dean Jagger	Actor	7-Nov-1903	5-Feb-1991	Twelve O'Clock High
Lionel Jeffries	Actor	10-Jun-1926	19-Feb-2010	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Niall MacGinnis	Actor	29-Mar-1913	6-Jan-1977	49th Parallel
Barbara O'Neil	Actor	17-Jul-1910	3-Sep-1980	Ellen O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
Jeanette Sterke	Actor	1934		A Stitch in Time
Beatrice Straight	Actor	2-Aug-1914	7-Apr-2001	Network

CAST

Audrey Hepburn	...   Sister Luke
Co-Starring
Peter Finch	...   Dr. Fortunati
Edith Evans	...   Rev. Mother Emmanuel
Peggy Ashcroft	...   Mother Mathilde
Dean Jagger	...   Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal
With
Mildred Dunnock	...   Sister Margharita, Mistress of Postulants
Beatrice Straight	...   Mother Christophe
Patricia Collinge	...   Sister William
Rosalie Crutchley	...   Sister Eleanor, Mistress of Novices
Ruth White	...   Mother Marcella
Barbara O'Neil	...   Mother Katherine
Margaret Phillips	...   Sister Pauline
Patricia Bosworth	...   Simone
Colleen Dewhurst	...   Archangel Gabriel
Stephen Murray	...   Chaplain
Lionel Jeffries	...   Dr. Goovaerts
Niall MacGinnis	...   Fr. 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

REVIEWS

Review by Brenda (posted on 28-Jul-2007)

Fantastic! Such insight into the lives of nuns and the politics that occur. I hope things have changed. Audrey Hepburn is incredible. Such a sacrifice these women make and so much is expected of them. Can't wait to read about what happened to the real subject of the book. It was a hard choice to leave the order, to quit being a nun. Hope I am as strong if ever faced with a similar choice.

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