The nun's story Warner Bros. Pictures ; produced by Henry Blanke ; screenplay by Robert Anderson ; directed by Fred Zinnemann.
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.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English French Spanish |
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Distributed by Warner Home Video,
[2005]
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| Edition: | Widescreen version. |
| Series: | Films of faith collection.
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the book by Kathryn C. Hulme. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958. "Presented in a 'matted' widescreen format preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for widescreen TVs"--Container. Series from box. Special feature: Theatrical trailer. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation (enhanced); Dolby Digital mono; dual layer format. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| 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). |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Franz Planer ; editor, Walter Thompson ; music, Franz Waxman. |
| ISBN: | 1419818627 9781419818622 1419824678 (set) 9781419824678 (set) |
| Participant or Performer: | 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. |
| Language: | English or French dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |