 | The Nun's Story | 0529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Genres:Drama | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 1930, in Belgium, Gabrielle van der Mal is the stubborn daughter of the prominent surgeon Dr. Pascin Van Der Mal that decides to leave her the upper-class family to enter to a convent, expecting to work as nun in Congo with tropical diseases. She says good-bye to her sisters Louise and Marie; to her brother Pierre; and to her beloved father, and subjects herself to the stringent rules of the retrograde institution, including interior silent and excessive humbleness and humiliation. After a long period working in a mental institution, Gaby is finally assigned to go to Congo, where she works with the Atheist and cynical, but brilliant, Dr. Fortunati. Sister Luke proves to be very efficient nurse and assistant, and Dr. Fortunati miraculous heals her tuberculosis. Years later, she is ordered to return to Belgium and when her motherland is invaded by the Germans, she learns that her beloved father was murdered by the enemy while he was helping wounded members of the resistance. Sister Luke finally decides to leave the religious life since she is not able to feel neutral against the invaders of her country.Cast:
 Audrey Hepburn Sister Luke (Gabrielle van der Mal) |  Peter Finch Dr. Fortunati |  Edith Evans Rev. Mother Emmanuel (Belgium) (as Dame Edith Evans) |  Peggy Ashcroft Mother Mathilde (Africa) (as Dame Peggy Ashcroft) |  Dean Jagger Dr. Van Der Mal |
 Mildred Dunnock Sister Margharita (Mistress of Postulants) |  Beatrice Straight Mother Christophe (Sanatorium) |  Patricia Collinge Sister William (convent teacher) |  Rosalie Crutchley Sister Eleanor |  Ruth White Mother Marcella (School of Medicine) |
 Barbara O'Neil Mother Didyma (War-time Hospital) |  Margaret Phillips Sister Pauline (medical student) |  Patricia Bosworth Simone (postulant who changed her mind) |  Colleen Dewhurst Archangel Gabriel (Sanatorium) |  Stephen Murray Chaplain (Father Andre) |
 Lionel Jeffries Dr. Goovaerts (School of Tropical Medicine) |  Niall MacGinnis Father Vermeuhlen (Leprosarium) |  Eva Kotthaus Sister Marie (Sanatorium) | Molly Urquhart Sister Augustine (Africa) |  Dorothy Alison Sister Aurelie (martyred nurse, Africa) |
| Jeanette Sterke Louise (sister of Gabrielle) (as Jeannette Sterke) |  Errol John Illunga (African convert) |  Diana Lambert Lisa (the Resistance) |  Orlando Martins Kalulu (African servant) |  Elsa Albani (uncredited) |
| Gabriella Andreini (uncredited) |  Juan Aymerich (uncredited) |  Ludovice Bonhomme Bishop (uncredited) |  Grazia De Rossi (uncredited) |  Giovanna Galletti (uncredited) |
 Dara Gavin Sister Ellen (medical student) (uncredited) | Penelope Horner Jeanette Milonet (uncredited) |  Irene Labhart (uncredited) |  Charles Lamb Pascin (father of Simone) (uncredited) |  Ave Ninchi Sister Bernard (uncredited) |
| Richard O'Sullivan Pierre (brother of Gabrielle) (uncredited) |  Elfride Simbari Sister Timothy (medical student) (uncredited) |  Frank Singuineau Murderer of Sister Aurelie (uncredited) |  Marina Wolkonsky Marie (sister of Gabrielle) (uncredited) |
