The Nun's Story (1959) - Credits and Details

The Nun's Story Credits and Details

Directed by
	Fred Zinnemann
Written by
	Robert Anderson	...	screenplay
	Kathryn Hulme	...	book
Cast
	Audrey Hepburn	...	Sister Luke (Gabrielle van der Mal)
	Peter Finch	...	Dr. Fortunati
	Edith Evans	...	Rev. Mother Emmanuel (Belgium) (as Dame Edith Evans)
	Peggy Ashcroft	...	Mother Mathilde (Africa) (as Dame Peggy Ashcroft)
	Dean Jagger	...	Dr. van der Mal
	Mildred Dunnock	...	Sister Margharita (Mistress of Postulants)
	Beatrice Straight	...	Mother Christophe (Sanatorium)
	Patricia Collinge	...	Sister William (Convent Teacher)
	Rosalie Crutchley	...	Sister Eleanor
	Ruth White	...	Mother Marcella (School of Medicine)
	Barbara O'Neil	...	Mother Didyma (Wartime Hospital)
	Margaret Phillips	...	Sister Pauline (Medical Student)
	Patricia Bosworth	...	Simone (Postulant who changed her mind)
	Colleen Dewhurst	...	Archangel Gabriel (Sanatorium)
	Stephen Murray	...	Chaplain (Father Andre)
	Lionel Jeffries	...	Dr. Goovaerts (School of Tropical Medicine)
	Niall MacGinnis	...	Father Vermeuhlen (Leprosarium)
	Eva Kotthaus	...	Sister Marie (Sanatorium)
	Molly Urquhart	...	Sister Augustine (Africa)
	Dorothy Alison	...	Sister Aurelie (Martyred Nurse, Africa)
	Jeanette Sterke	...	Louise (Gabrielle's Sister) (as Jeannette Sterke)
	Errol John	...	Illunga (African Convert)
	Diana Lambert	...	Lisa (the Resistance)
	Orlando Martins	...	Kalulu (African Servant)
Uncredited Cast
	Elsa Albani
	Gabriella Andreini
	Juan Aymerich
	Ludovice Bonhomme	...	Bishop
	Grazia De Rossi
	Giovanna Galletti
	Dara Gavin	...	Sister Ellen
	Penelope Horner	...	Jeanette Milonet
	Irene Labhart
	Charles Lamb	...	Pascin
	Ave Ninchi	...	Sister Bernard
	Richard O'Sullivan	...	Pierre (Gabrielle's Brother)
	Mario Pascucci	...	Priest
	Elfride Simbari	...	Sister Timothy
	Frank Singuineau	...	Murderer of Sister Aurelie
	Marina Wolkonsky	...	Marie (Gabrielle's Sister)
Produced by
	Henry Blanke	...	producer
	Fred Zinnemann	...	producer
Original Music by
	Franz Waxman
Stunts
	Elide Moretti	...	stunt double: Audrey Hepburn

Additional Info
Premiere:	June 18, 1959
Theatrical Release:	July 18, 1959
DVD Release:	April 04, 2006
Country:
Distributor:	Warner Brother Studios
Websites:

Ratings
7.5 / 10	78 / 100

Production Companies
Warner Bros.

Distributors
Warner Bros. (1959) (United States) (Warner Bros. Pictures A TimeWarner Company) (theatrical)
CBS (1968) (United States) (TV)
Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD)

Filming Locations
Antwerp, Belgium
Belgium
Blekerstraat, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Sister Luke exiting the monastery in final scene)
Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Convent exteriors, other exteriors)
Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy (Studio)
Democratic Republic Of Congo
Froyennes, Belgium
Italy
Kisangani, Democratic Republic Of Congo
Our Lady of the Pottery, Potterierei 78-79, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Sister Luke's monastery)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Sint-Annarei 22, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (The van der Mal family house)
Steenplein, Antwerpen, Belgium (Sister Luke leaving Antwerp for the Congo)

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