The Nun's Story
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.
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
Patricia Bosworth
Simone
Colleen Dewhurst
Dangerous Hospital Patient
Stephen Murray
Chaplain
Lionel Jeffries
Dr. Goovaerts
Niall MacGinnis
Father Vermeuhlen
Eva Kotthaus
Sister Marie
Molly Urquhart
Sister Augustine
Dorothy Alison
Sister Aurelie
Jeanette Sterke
Louise
Errol John
Illunga
Diana Lambert
Lisa
Orlando Martins
Kalulu
Penelope Horner
Jeanette Milonet (uncredited)
Charles Lamb
Pascin (uncredited)
Ave Ninchi
Sister Bernard (uncredited)
Richard O'Sullivan
Pierre (uncredited)
Frank Singuineau
Murderer of Sister Aurelie (uncredited)
Elsa Albani
(uncredited)
Gabriella Andreini
(uncredited)
Juan Aymerich
(uncredited)
Grazia De Rossi
(uncredited)
Giovanna Galletti
(uncredited)
Fred Zinnemann
Director
Kathryn C. Hulme
Novel
Robert Anderson
Screenplay
Stanley Browne
Technical Advisor
Marie-Louise Habets
Technical Advisor
Franz Planer
Director of Photography
Henry Blanke
Producer
Alexandre Trauner
Art Direction
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Fred Zinnemann
Producer
Marjorie Best
Costume Design
Walter Thompson
Editor
Maurice Barnathan
Set Decoration
Grazia De Rossi
Hairstylist
Julien Derode
Production Manager
Bernard Vorhaus
Assistant Director
Robert J. Miller
Sound Recordist
Sergio Leone
Assistant Director
Oliver S. Garretson
Sound
Orazio Tassara
Production Manager
Elaine Schreyeck
Script Supervisor
Léo L. Fuchs
Still Photographer
Chuck Hansen
Production Manager
Christian Ferry
Location Manager
Italo Tomassi
Art Department Manager
Goffredo Bellisario
Camera Operator
Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Artist
Sam Zebba
Second Unit
Franz Waxman
Conductor