After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Acting
Hepburn's trembling restraint—every blink is a revolution.
Direction
Zinnemann makes convent corridors feel like prison and sanctuary.
Cinematography
Those stark black-and-white habit frames, faces floating in void.
Director
Fred Zinnemann
Audrey Hepburn
Sister Luke
Peter Finch
Dr. Fortunati
Edith Evans
Rev. Mother Emmanuel
Peggy Ashcroft
Mother Mathilde
Dean Jagger
Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal
Mildred Dunnock
Sister Margharita
Beatrice Straight
Mother Christophe
Patricia Collinge
Sister William
Rosalie Crutchley
Sister Eleanor
Ruth White
Mother Marcella
Barbara O'Neil
Mother Didyma
Margaret Phillips
Sister Pauline
Colleen Dewhurst
Dangerous Hospital Patient
Stephen Murray
Chaplain
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