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The Nun’s Story

film by Zinnemann [1959]

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In Fred Zinnemann: Films of the 1950s
…decade, the earnest and probing The Nun’s Story (1959), starred Audrey Hepburn in an Academy Award-nominated (for best actress) portrayal of a nun who braves the terrors of a mental hospital in Belgium, the rigours of the Belgian Congo, and the brutality of the Nazis before finally leaving her order…
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In Peter Finch
…Way (1957) and Fred Zinnemann’s The Nun’s Story (1959), the latter of which starred Audrey Hepburn. Finch was cast as Alan Breck Stewart in the Walt Disney production Kidnapped (1960), and he showcased his versatility in the title role of The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960). He later won praise…
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