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The Nun's Story

Gabrielle van der Mal enters a convent as a nursing postulant, but she is frequently at odds with her superiors as she can't help putting care for the patients above her obedience to the order.

Audrey Hepburn starts as a nun who wants to be perfect, but is inhibited by her pride. Gabrielle van der Malenters enters a nunnery as a nursing postulant, but is frequently at odds with her superiors as she can't help putting care for the patients above her obedience to the order. Her greatest wish is to work in a hospital in the Congo.

2 hours, 25 minutes

Last on

Thu 23 Jun 202222:45
BBC Four

Credits

Sister LukeAudrey Hepburn
Dr. FortunatiPeter Finch
Reverend Mother EmmanuelEdith Evans
Mother MathildePeggy Ashcroft
Dr. Van Der MalDean Jagger
Sister MargharitaMildred Dunnock
Mother ChristopheBeatrice Straight
Sister WilliamPatricia Collinge
Sister EleanorRosalie Crutchley
Mother MarcellaRuth White
Archangel GabrielColleen Dewhurst
DirectorFred Zinnemann
WriterRobert Anderson
WriterKathryn C Hulme
ProducerHenry Blanke

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