| Description |
1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; widescreen version; Dolby digital mono., region 1, dual-layer. |
| Language |
English or French dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Dame Edith Evans, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Dean Jagger, Mildred Dunnock, Beatrice Straight, Patricia Collinge, Rosalie Crutchley, Ruth White, Barbara O'Neil, Margaret Phillips, Patricia Bosworth, Colleen Dewhurst, Stephen Murray, Lionel Jeffries, Niall MacGinnis, Eva Kotthaus, Molly Urquhart, Dorothy Alison, Jeannette Sterke, Errol John, Diana Lambert, Orlando Martins. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Franz Planer ; editor, Walter Thompson ; music, Franz Waxman. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958. |
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From the book by Kathryn C. Hulme. |
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Special feature: Theatrical trailer. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Audrey Hepburn portrays a nun whose life journey takes her from the staff of a mental asylum to a surgical nurse in the Belgian Congo. She returns to Belgium as WWII breaks out and is torn between the needs of the Resistance and the church's neutrality. |
| Awards |
Academy Award Nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress (Hepburn), Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Color Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Score, and Best Sound; New York Film Critics Awards for Best Actress (Hepburn) and Best Director; National Board of Review Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress (Evans). |
| Subject |
Nuns -- Belgium -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Belgium -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Zinnemann, Fred, 1907-1997.
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Hepburn, Audrey, 1929-1993.
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Finch, Peter, 1916 September 28-1977.
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Evans, Edith, 1888-1976.
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Ashcroft, Peggy, 1907-1991.
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Jagger, Dean, 1903-1991.
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Dunnock, Mildred.
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Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967.
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Hulme, Kathryn, 1900-1981.
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Blanke, Henry, 1901-1981.
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Anderson, Robert, 1917-2009.
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Straight, Beatrice.
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Collinge, Patricia, 1894-1974.
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Crutchley, Rosalie, 1921-1997.
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White, Ruth, 1914-1969.
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O'Neil, Barbara, 1910-1980.
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Phillips, Margaret, 1923-1984.
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Dewhurst, Colleen.
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Murray, Stephen, 1912-1983.
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Jeffries, Lionel.
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MacGinnis, Niall, 1913-1977.
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Kotthaus, Eva.
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Urquhart, Molly, 1906-1977.
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Alison, Dorothy, 1925-
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John, Errol, 1924-1988.
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Martins, Orlando, 1899-1985.
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Planer, Franz E., 1894-1963.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
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| ISBN |
1419818627 |
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9781419818622 |
| Standard No. |
012569739864 |
| Music No. |
73986 Warner Home Video |
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