The Nun's Story
“From the very beginning, she was not like the others...”
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Nun's Story performed
Budget
$3.5M
Worldwide Gross
$12.8M
Gross Profit
$9.3M
Return
3.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Sister Luke
Audrey Hepburn
Sister Luke
Dr. Fortunati
Peter Finch
Dr. Fortunati
Rev. Mother Emmanuel
Edith Evans
Rev. Mother Emmanuel
Mother Mathilde
Peggy Ashcroft
Mother Mathilde
Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal
Dean Jagger
Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal
Sister Margharita
Mildred Dunnock
Sister Margharita
Mother Christophe
Beatrice Straight
Mother Christophe
Sister William
Patricia Collinge
Sister William
Sister Eleanor
Rosalie Crutchley
Sister Eleanor
Mother Marcella
Ruth White
Mother Marcella
Mother Didyma
Barbara O'Neil
Mother Didyma
Sister Pauline
Margaret Phillips
Sister Pauline
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