The Nun's Story
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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DVD-R Details
- ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.85:1
- Run Time: 2 hours, 31 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: January 16, 2018
- Originally Released: 1959
- Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Audrey Hepburn | |
Performer: | Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, Dean Jagger, Mildred Dunnock, Beatrice Straight & Colleen Dewhurst | |
Directed by | Fred Zinnemann | |
Edited by | Walter Thompson | |
Screenwriting by | Robert Anderson | |
Composition by | Franz Waxman | |
Produced by | Henry Blanke | |
Director of Photography: | Franz Planer |
Entertainment Reviews:
Zinneman, an intelligent if dullish director, has avoided such obvious pitfalls in this adaptation of a factually based best-seller.
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Film4
Rating: A --
Zinnemann's drama depicts the spiritual tug of war of a young nun, beautifully played by Audrey Hepburn, between adherence to vows of chastity and obedience and rebellion against those values for her self-fulfillment
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Fred Zinnemann's production is a soaring and luminous film.
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Variety
Rating: 4/5 --
In the role of the nun, Miss Hepburn is fluent and luminous.
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New York Times
Rating: B --
... on target and godlike.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 4/4 --
A superbly restrained piece of filmmaking, with Zinnemann directing in simple, unadorned style and Hepburn giving a truly radiant performance.
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TV Guide
It makes no judgements: it is a serious effort to show us a moral and mental discipline, and it strikes me as authentic.
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The Spectator
Description by OLDIES.com:
Story of Gabrielle Van Der Mal, who gives up everything to become a nun, facing incredible odds in the Congo and then at the mother house in France at the outbreak of World War II.
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 34,475
- UPC: 888574600372
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