The Nun's Story
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Writer: Robert Anderson
Producer: Henry Blanke
The Nun's Story is a 1959 American drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, and Dean Jagger. The screenplay was written by Robert Anderson, based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Kathryn Hulme. The film tells the life of Gabrielle van der Mal, a young woman who decides to enter a convent and make the many sacrifices required by her choice.
Trivia
- Selected for the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
- Won the National Board of Review Award for Best Film.
- Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture; Academy Award for Best Actress; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color; and 5 more.
- Pictures was in touch with the Production Code Office as early as March 23, 1956, regarding a possible film adaptation of The Nun's Story.
- Warners provided Jack Vizzard of the Production Code Office with a 20-page synopsis of the novel, which had yet to be published.
- Vizzard became one of the production's early allies.
Filming Locations
- Bruges
- Before principal photography, the leading actresses spent time embedded in Assumptionist convents in Paris.
Previous Showings
6 Runs • 4 Festivals
9,146 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (April 5, 1960)
Original Run: April 5, 1960 (Tuesday - Saturday)
All runs on record (6):
- April 5, 1960 (Tuesday - Saturday)Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch
- March 12 - 16, 1993 · 6,069 ticketsw/ The Unforgiven
- December 18 - 21, 1999 · 836 ticketsHoliday 1999w/ Tabu
- July 28 - 30, 2009 · 562 ticketsSummer 2009
- August 14 - 16, 2013 · 629 ticketsSummer 2013
- May 9 - 11, 2025 · 1,050 ticketsAudrey Hepburn