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The Nun's Story (1959)

Name: The Nun's Story
Rating: 7.5

Drama

Poignant account of a spirited Belgian woman's struggle to obey her vows after becoming a missionary nun in pre-war Belgian Congo. A surgeon's daughter intent on becoming a nurse in Africa undergoes the rigours of convent training to realise her dream. Her theological principles are severely tested when she finds herself attracted to an agnostic doctor and the Nazis invade her homeland.

IMDb7.5

Rotten Tomatoes93%

Country: USA

Cast and crew

Fred ZinnemannDirector
Audrey HepburnSister Luke (Gabrielle van der Mal)
Peter FinchDr. Fortunati
Edith EvansRev. Mother Emmanuel (Belgium)
Peggy AshcroftMother Mathilde (Africa)
Dean JaggerDr. Van Der Mal
Mildred DunnockSister Margharita (Mistress of Postulants)
Beatrice StraightMother Christophe (Sanatorium)
Patricia CollingeSister William (convent teacher)
Eva KotthausSister Marie (Sanatorium)
Ruth WhiteMother Marcella (School of Medicine)
Niall MacGinnisFather Vermeuhlen (Leprosarium)
Patricia BosworthSimone (postulant who changed her mind)
Barbara O'NeilMother Didyma (War-time Hospital)
Lionel JeffriesDr. Goovaerts (School of Tropical Medicine)
Rosalie CrutchleySister Eleanor
Colleen DewhurstArchangel Gabriel (Sanatorium)

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