The nun's story
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Drama.
Drama
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Nuns -- Belgium -- Drama.
Religious films
Religious films
Video recordings
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Belgium -- Drama.
Other Subjects
Feature films.
War films.

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Published
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2005].
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
012569739864

Notes

General Note
"Dual layer format"--Container.
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"Presented in a 'matted' widescreen format preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for widescreen TVs"--Container.
General Note
From the book by Kathryn C. Hulme.
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.
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Recorded in Dolby digital mono.
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Series from box.
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, Jeannette 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
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD.
Language
English or French dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Alison, D., Anderson, R., Ashcroft, P., Blanke, H., Collinge, P., Crutchley, R., Dewhurst, C., Dunnock, M., Evans, E., Finch, P., Hepburn, A., Hulme, K., Jagger, D., Jeffries, L., John, E., Kotthaus, E., MacGinnis, N., Martins, O., Murray, S., O'Neil, B., Phillips, M., Planer, F. E., Straight, B., Urquhart, M., Waxman, F., White, R., & Zinnemann, F. (2005). The nun's story (Widescreen version.). Distributed by Warner Home Video.

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

Dorothy Alison et al.. 2005. The Nun's Story. Distributed by Warner Home Video.

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

Dorothy Alison et al.. The Nun's Story Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2005.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Alison, Dorothy, et al. The Nun's Story Widescreen version., Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2005.

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