The Nun's Story (1959)

The Nun's Story | United States of America

Gabrielle Van Der Mal gave up everything to become a nun. But her faith and her vows are forever being tested: first in the missionary Congo hospital where she assists the brilliant and handsome Dr. Fortunati and then at the mother house in France when World War II has broken out and the nuns are forbidden by the order to take sides.

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Description

Director

Fred Zinnemann

Writers

Robert Anderson

Stars

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

Others...

Budget

3,500,000.00

Revenue

12,800,000.00

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Keywords

female protagonist, nurse, hospital, missionary, obedience, nun, congo, belgium, tuberculosis, sanitarium, convent (nunnery), thinness

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Actor

Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, Dean Jagger, Mildred Dunnock, Beatrice Straight, Patricia Collinge, Rosalie Crutchley, Ruth White, Barbara O'Neil, Margaret Phillips, Patricia Bosworth, Colleen Dewhurst, Stephen Murray, Lionel Jeffries, Niall MacGinnis, Eva Kotthaus, Molly Urquhart, Dorothy Alison, Jeanette Sterke, Errol John, Diana Lambert, Orlando Martins, Penelope Horner, Charles Lamb, Ave Ninchi, Richard O'Sullivan, Frank Singuineau, Elsa Albani, Gabriella Andreini, Juan Aymerich, Grazia De Rossi, Giovanna Galletti

Creators

Franz Planer (Director of Photography), Franz Waxman (Original Music Composer), Alexandre Trauner (Art Direction), Fred Zinnemann (Director), Marjorie Best (Costume Design), Sergio Leone (Assistant Director), Oliver S. Garretson (Sound), Robert J. Miller (Sound Recordist), Henry Blanke (Producer), Walter Thompson (Editor), Alberto De Rossi (Makeup Artist), Grazia De Rossi (Hairstylist), Léo L. Fuchs (Still Photographer), Robert Anderson (Screenplay), Christian Ferry (Location Manager), Kathryn C. Hulme (Novel), Bernard Vorhaus (Assistant Director), Julien Derode (Production Manager), Goffredo Bellisario (Camera Operator), Elaine Schreyeck (Script Supervisor), Orazio Tassara (Production Manager), Italo Tomassi (Art Department Manager), Chuck Hansen (Production Manager), Maurice Barnathan (Set Decoration), Sam Zebba (Second Unit)

Alternative titles

Uma Cruz à Beira do Abismo (BR)
Historia de una monja (ES)
尼僧物語 (JP)
파계 (KR)
История монахини (RU)

Release dates

01.01.1960 (BR)
04.11.1959 (PT)
18.06.1959 (US)
11.08.1959 (JP)
03.11.1959 (DE)
16.09.1959 (FR)