Directed by Fred Zinnemann   Written by Robert Anderson   Kathryn Hulme   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 (War-time 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 (sister of Gabrielle) (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 (brother of Gabrielle) Elfride Simbari ... Sister Timothy Frank Singuineau ... Murderer of Sister Aurelie Marina Wolkonsky ... Marie (sister of Gabrielle) Produced by Henry Blanke   Fred Zinnemann   Original Music by Franz Waxman

Additional Info Premiere: June 18, 1959 Theatrical Release: July 18, 1959 DVD Release: April 04, 2006 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Warner Bros. Distributors Warner Bros.   (1959) (USA) (theatrical) (as Warner Bros. Pictures A TimeWarner Company) CBS   (1968) (USA) (TV) Warner Home Video   (2006) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.5 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,411 / 21,127 Site Ranking #4,407 Last Life In The Universe (2003) #4,408 BloodRayne 2: Deliverance (2007) #4,409 Begotten (1989) #4,410 Donkey Punch (2008) #4,411 The Nun's Story (1959) #4,412 Champions (2018) #4,413 We Summon The Darkness (2019) #4,414 Delta Farce (2007) #4,415 In The Earth (2021)