The Nun's Story 1959 DVD - Audrey Hepburn / Peter Finch

Set in 1930s Belgium, "The Nun's Story" follows Gabrielle van der Mal, the strong-willed daughter of prominent surgeon Dr. Pascin Van Der Mal. Gabrielle chooses to leave her upper-class family behind to join a convent, hoping to serve as a nun in Congo treating patients with tropical diseases. After bidding farewell to her family, she devotes herself to the strict, often humiliating rules of convent life—including vows of silence and humility. After a challenging period working in a mental institution, Gabrielle (now Sister Luke) is finally sent to the Congo, where she partners with the talented but skeptical Dr. Fortunati. Sister Luke excels as a nurse, and Dr. Fortunati successfully cures her of tuberculosis. Eventually, Sister Luke is ordered back to Belgium. When World War II erupts, she learns her father has been killed while aiding the resistance. Struggling with her inability to remain neutral in the face of her country's occupation, Sister Luke ultimately decides to leave religious life. Cast: - Audrey Hepburn as Sister Luke (Gabrielle "Gaby" Van Der Mal) - Peter Finch as Dr. Fortunati - Edith Evans as Rev. Mother Emmanuel - Peggy Ashcroft as Mother Mathilde - Dean Jagger as Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal - Mildred Dunnock as Sister Margharita - Beatrice Straight as Mother Christophe - Patricia Collinge as Sister William - Rosalie Crutchley as Sister Eleanor - Ruth White as Mother Marcella - Barbara O'Neil as Mother Didyma - Margaret Phillips as Sister Pauline - Patricia Bosworth as Simone - Colleen Dewhurst as "Archangel Gabriel" - Stephen Murray as Chaplain (Father Andre) - Lionel Jeffries as Dr. Goovaerts - Niall MacGinnis as Father Vermeuhlen - Eva Kotthaus as Sister Marie - Molly Urquhart as Sister Augustine - Dorothy Alison as Sister Aurelie - Jeanette Sterke as Louise Van Der Mal - Errol John as Illunga Runtime: 149 minutes.