The nun's story
(DVD) 

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Hulme, Kathryn, -- 1900-1981. -- Nun's story -- Drama.
Hulme, Kathryn, -- 1900-1981. -- Nun's story -- Film adaptations.
Nuns -- Belgium -- Drama.
Religious films.
Video recordings
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Belgium -- Drama.
Other Subjects
Congo (República Democrática) -- Teatro.
Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 -- Bélgica -- Teatro.
Monjas -- Bélgica -- Teatro.

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Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
ISBN
1419818627, 9781419818622
UPC
012569739864, 012569692015

Notes

General Note
Based on the book by Kathryn C. Hulme.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.
General Note
"Presented in a 'matted' widescreen format preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for widescreen TVs"--Container.
General Note
Special feature: Theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Franz Planer ; editor, Walter Thompson ; music, Franz Waxman.
Participants/Performers
Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Dame Edith Evans, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Dean Jagger, Mildred Dunnock, Beatrice Straight, Patricia Collinge, Rosalie Crutchley, Ruth White, Barbara O'Neil, Margaret Phillips, Patricia Bosworth, Colleen Dewhurst, Stephen Murray, Lionel Jeffries, Niall MacGinnis, Eva Kotthaus, Molly Urquhart, Dorothy Alison, Jeanette Sterke, Errol John, Diana Lambert, Orlando Martins.
Description
Audrey Hepburn portrays a nun whose life journey takes her from the staff of a mental asylum to a surgical nurse in the Belgian Congo. She returns to Belgium as WWII breaks out and is torn between the needs of the Resistance and the church's neutrality.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation (enhanced); Dolby Digital mono; dual layer format.
Language
English or French dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Awards
Academy Award Nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress (Hepburn), Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Color Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Score, and Best Sound; New York Film Critics Awards for Best Actress (Hepburn) and Best Director; National Board of Review Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress (Evans).

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Zinnemann, F., Blanke, H., Anderson, R., Hepburn, A., Finch, P., Evans, E., Ashcroft, P., Jagger, D., Dunnock, M., MacGinnis, N., Straight, B., Collinge, P., Crutchley, R., White, R., O'Neil, B., Phillips, M., Dewhurst, C., Murray, S., Jeffries, L., Kotthaus, E., Urquhart, M., Alison, D., Sterke, J., John, E., Lambert, D., Martins, O., Waxman, F., Planer, F. E., Thompson, W., & Hulme, K. The nun's story (Widescreen version.).

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fred Zinnemann et al.. The Nun's Story. .

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fred Zinnemann et al.. The Nun's Story .

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Zinnemann, Fred, et al. The Nun's Story Widescreen version.,

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