The Nun's Story is a 1959 American drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, and Peggy Ashcroft. The screenplay was written by Robert Anderson, based on the popular 1956 novel of the same name by Kathryn Hulme. The film tells the life of Gabrielle Van Der Mal (Hepburn), a young woman who decides to enter a convent and make the many sacrifices required by her choice.
The Nun's Story (1959)
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Genres - Biography, Drama, War |
Sub-Genres - Biographical Film |
Release Date - Jun 18, 1959 |
Run Time - 149 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - TV-PG
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Official Site
Budget
$3,500,000
Themes
Tags
Africa, Belgian Congo, Belgium, Congo, Convent, Female Protagonist, Film Based On Literature, Hospital, Missionary, Nazi, Nun, Nurse, Obedience, Sanitarium, Spiritual/Religious, Thinness, Tuberculosis, World War Ii
Attributes
Filming Location: Bruges
Narrative Location: Belgium
Subject: about Catholic nuns, about nurses
Narrative Location: Belgium
Subject: about Catholic nuns, about nurses
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Alternate Titles
A História de Uma Freira
PT
Au risque de se perdre
CA, FR
Az apáca története
HU
Geschichte einer Nonne
DE
Historia de una monja
AR, CL, PE, ES
Historia zakonnicy
PL
I istoria mias monahis
GR
İnsanlık uğruna
TR
La storia di una monaca
IT
Nisô monogatari
JP
Nonnen
DK
Nonnens historie
NO
Nunnan
SE
Nunnan tarina
FI
The Nun's Story
AU, GB, US
Uma Cruz à Beira do Abismo
BR
Vienuoles istorija
LT
Η Ιστορία μιας Μοναχής
GR
История монахини
RU
Историята на монахинята
BG
修女傳
TW
尼僧物語
JP
파계
KR