The Nun's Story (1959) Label

Release Date

06/18/1959

Director

Fred Zinnemann

IMDB Rank

7.6

Peter FinchDr. Fortunati

Edith EvansRev. Mother Emmanuel

Peggy AshcroftMother Mathilde

Dean JaggerDr. Hubert Van Der Mal

Mildred DunnockSister Margharita

Beatrice StraightMother Christophe

Patricia CollingeSister William

Rosalie CrutchleySister Eleanor

Ruth WhiteMother Marcella

Overview

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.