The Nuns Story
Giving up everything, Gabrielle Van Der Mai decides to become a nun. On her attempt to turn her dream into the truth, she has to face with many difficulties. Can she overcome them and reach her dream ? Let's come to the movie to find the answer
20 November 1900, London, England, UK
4 January 1920, London, England, UK
7 May 1944, Chiswick, London, England, UK
28 September 1916, South Kensington, London, England, UK
20 December 1924, Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies
25 January 1901, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
10 June 1926, Forest Hill, London, England, UK
24 April 1914, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
29 March 1913, Dublin, Ireland
21 January 1906, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2 August 1914, Old Westbury, New York, USA
June 20, 1939 in London, England, UK
4 April 1925, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
19 May 1932, Düsseldorf, Germany
December 14, 1915 in Ancona, Marche, Italy
4 May 1929, Ixelles, Belgium
8 February 1888, Pimlico, London, England, UK
20 September 1892, Dublin, Ireland
8 April 1913, Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies
6 July 1923, Cwmgwrach, South Wales, UK
3 June 1924, Montréal, Québec, Canada
8 December 1899, Lagos, Nigeria
7 November 1903, Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA
17 September 1931, Kensington, London, England, UK
17 July 1910, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
6 September 1912, Partney, Lincolnshire, England, UK
1934, Prague, Czechoslovakia
22 December 1907, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
24 April 1933, Oakland, California, USA
May 24, 2003
Zinneman, an intelligent if dullish director, has avoided such obvious pitfalls in this adaptation of a factually based best-seller.
June 24, 2006
It's still a long haul (made no lighter by Franz Waxman's abominably insistent score) for anyone not committed to theological problems of faith, conscience and obedience.
August 23, 2006
Zinnemann's drama depicts the spiritual tug of war of a young nun, beautifully played by Audrey Hepburn, between adherence to vows of chastity and obedience and rebellion against those values for her self-fulfillment
October 04, 2002
One of Audrey's finest dramatic moments
April 12, 2006
Certainly doesn't offer the positive depiction of religious life common in 1950s Hollywood, but it's not an anti-religious or anti-Catholic depiction either.
November 01, 2007
Fred Zinnemann's production is a soaring and luminous film.
May 20, 2003
In the role of the nun, Miss Hepburn is fluent and luminous.
August 01, 2005
Moving, controversial (for its time) religious tale starring Audrey Hepburn.
November 01, 2007
A superbly restrained piece of filmmaking, with Zinnemann directing in simple, unadorned style and Hepburn giving a truly radiant performance.
April 08, 2010
... on target and godlike.
