The Nun's Story (1959) | |
| Director(s) | Fred Zinnemann |
| Producer(s) | Henry Blanke, Fred Zinnemann (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Priests, Ministers, Clergy, Nuns, World War II |
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The Nun's Story (1959) was a Drama - Film Adaptation Film directed by Fred Zinnemann and produced by Fred Zinnemann and Henry Blanke.
Academy Awards 1959 --- Ceremony Number 32 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actress | Audrey Hepburn | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Franz Planer | Nominated |
| Best Director | Fred Zinnemann | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | Walter Thompson | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Franz Waxman | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Henry Blanke, Producer | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Robert Anderson | Nominated |
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[kneeling in prayer after offering to help the Belgian Underground]
Sister Luke: Dear Lord, forgive me, I cannot obey anymore. What I do from now on is between You and me alone.
[after a nun has been beaten to death by a crazed native]
Illunga: If such a death happened with us, Mama Luke, we would tie the murderer to a pole and cut his body for fish bait.
Sister Luke: But we would not. We have been taught to forgive.
Rev. Mother Emmanuel: Do good, then disappear.
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Sister Luke: Dear Lord, forgive me, I cannot obey anymore. What I do from now on is between You and me alone.
[after a nun has been beaten to death by a crazed native]
Illunga: If such a death happened with us, Mama Luke, we would tie the murderer to a pole and cut his body for fish bait.
Sister Luke: But we would not. We have been taught to forgive.
Rev. Mother Emmanuel: Do good, then disappear.
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An often-reported legend surrounding this movie is the story that Audrey Hepburn demanded a bidet be provided for her on location in the Congo. Hepburn always denied this, wondering how such an extravagance could even be hooked up in the Congo.
Fred Zinnemann was strongly opposed to the studio's demand that there should be music over the final scene. Zinnemann felt that music would detract from the depth and grace of Audrey Hepburn's performance in this pivotal scene. Jack L. Warner felt otherwise but eventually relented. The scene remains one of the most memorable and famous from this acclaimed film, precisely for its restraint.
The scenes where this is palpable sexual tension between Dr Fortunati and Sister Luke are not present in the novel.
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Fred Zinnemann was strongly opposed to the studio's demand that there should be music over the final scene. Zinnemann felt that music would detract from the depth and grace of Audrey Hepburn's performance in this pivotal scene. Jack L. Warner felt otherwise but eventually relented. The scene remains one of the most memorable and famous from this acclaimed film, precisely for its restraint.
The scenes where this is palpable sexual tension between Dr Fortunati and Sister Luke are not present in the novel.
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