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cast: 34
crew: 28
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# The Nun's Story (1959): cast and crew

34 cast and 28 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Audrey Hepburn](https://film.one/person/audrey-hepburn.md) as Sister Luke
- [Peter Finch](https://film.one/person/peter-finch.md) as Dr. Fortunati
- [Edith Evans](https://film.one/person/edith-evans.md) as Rev. Mother Emmanuel
- [Peggy Ashcroft](https://film.one/person/peggy-ashcroft.md) as Mother Mathilde
- [Dean Jagger](https://film.one/person/dean-jagger.md) as Dr. Hubert Van Der Mal
- [Mildred Dunnock](https://film.one/person/mildred-dunnock.md) as Sister Margharita
- [Beatrice Straight](https://film.one/person/beatrice-straight.md) as Mother Christophe
- [Patricia Collinge](https://film.one/person/patricia-collinge.md) as Sister William
- [Rosalie Crutchley](https://film.one/person/rosalie-crutchley.md) as Sister Eleanor
- [Ruth White](https://film.one/person/ruth-white.md) as Mother Marcella
- [Barbara O'Neil](https://film.one/person/barbara-oneil.md) as Mother Didyma
- [Margaret Phillips](https://film.one/person/margaret-phillips.md) as Sister Pauline
- Patricia Bosworth as Simone
- [Colleen Dewhurst](https://film.one/person/colleen-dewhurst.md) as Dangerous Hospital Patient
- Stephen Murray as Chaplain
- [Lionel Jeffries](https://film.one/person/lionel-jeffries.md) as Dr. Goovaerts
- [Niall MacGinnis](https://film.one/person/niall-macginnis.md) as Father Vermeuhlen
- Eva Kotthaus as Sister Marie
- Molly Urquhart as Sister Augustine
- Dorothy Alison as Sister Aurelie
- Jeanette Sterke as Louise
- Errol John as Illunga
- Diana Lambert as Lisa
- Orlando Martins as Kalulu
- Penelope Horner as Jeanette Milonet (uncredited)
- Charles Lamb as Pascin (uncredited)
- Ave Ninchi as Sister Bernard (uncredited)
- Richard O'Sullivan as Pierre (uncredited)
- Frank Singuineau as Murderer of Sister Aurelie (uncredited)
- Elsa Albani as (uncredited)
- Gabriella Andreini as (uncredited)
- Juan Aymerich as (uncredited)
- Grazia De Rossi as (uncredited)
- [Giovanna Galletti](https://film.one/person/giovanna-galletti.md) as (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Fred Zinnemann](https://film.one/person/fred-zinnemann.md): Director
- Bernard Vorhaus: Assistant Director
- [Sergio Leone](https://film.one/person/sergio-leone.md): Assistant Director
- Elaine Schreyeck: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- Kathryn C. Hulme: Novel
- [Robert Anderson](https://film.one/person/robert-anderson-46610.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Henry Blanke](https://film.one/person/henry-blanke.md): Producer
- [Fred Zinnemann](https://film.one/person/fred-zinnemann.md): Producer
- Julien Derode: Production Manager
- Orazio Tassara: Production Manager
- Chuck Hansen: Production Manager
- Christian Ferry: Location Manager

## Camera

- [Franz Planer](https://film.one/person/franz-planer.md): Director of Photography
- Léo L. Fuchs: Still Photographer
- Goffredo Bellisario: Camera Operator

## Editing

- [Walter Thompson](https://film.one/person/walter-thompson.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Franz Waxman](https://film.one/person/franz-waxman.md): Original Music Composer, Conductor
- Oliver S. Garretson: Sound

## Art

- [Alexandre Trauner](https://film.one/person/alexandre-trauner.md): Art Direction
- Maurice Barnathan: Set Decoration
- Italo Tomassi: Art Department Manager

## Costume and make-up

- [Marjorie Best](https://film.one/person/marjorie-best.md): Costume Design
- Grazia De Rossi: Hairstylist
- Alberto De Rossi: Makeup Artist

## Crew

- Stanley Browne: Technical Advisor
- Marie-Louise Habets: Technical Advisor
- Robert J. Miller: Sound Recordist
- Sam Zebba: Second Unit

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