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The Nun's Story (1959) is available on Hoopla with a participating library card. Also available to rent on Apple TV+.
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You can watch The Nun's Story (1959) on Hoopla with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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.
A quiet, luminous intensity radiates from a young novice as she navigates the crushing tension between spiritual devotion and the horrors of a world at war. This soulful portrait captures the fragile struggle of a woman trying to find God amidst the chaos of human cruelty.
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Director
Fred Zinnemann
Cast
Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, Dean Jagger, Mildred Dunnock, Beatrice Straight, Patricia Collinge, Rosalie Crutchley, Ruth White
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The Nun's Story
You can watch The Nun's Story (1959) on Hoopla with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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Director
Fred Zinnemann
Cast
Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, Dean Jagger, Mildred Dunnock, Beatrice Straight, Patricia Collinge, Rosalie Crutchley, Ruth White
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