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The Nun's Story

1959

Fred Zinnemann

Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft ...

7.0

3,181

Drama Audrey Hepburn stars in The Nun's Story as Sister Luke, postulant of a Belgian order of nuns. Though frequently disillusioned in her efforts to spread good will -- at one point she is nearly killed by a mental patient (Colleen Dewhurst) -- Sister Luke perseveres. Sent as a nurse to the Belgian Congo, an assignment she'd been hoping for, Sister Luke is disappointed to learn that she will not be ministering to the natives but to European ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"A soaring and luminous film."	POS
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"In the role of the nun, Miss Hepburn is fluent and luminous."	POS

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