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Premier Decorations Christmas Light Bulb Tester Low Voltage 5v to 12v Brand New
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66 of 66 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This magnificent film of 1957 still shines in all its luminosity after 50 years. It reminds us of the heights to which Hollywood could rise in the old studio system, which invested its resources on quality: the actors, the director, the music, the costumes, and the splendid genuine locations, from the canals and bridges of Bruges and Antwerp to the sweeping expanse of the Congo river (The scenes at the leper colony, among many others, are fascinating.). "The Nun's Story" allows us to glimpse a slice of history of the 1930s, as it unfolds on two continents. It gives us a look back into a society, both sacred and secular, that World War II was to change irrevocably.
The superb performances of Audrey Hepburn, Peggy Ashcroft, Edith Evans, Mildred Natwick, and Peter Finch speak for themselves, and it would be superfluous of me to comment on them further.
I merely wonder how many of the hundreds of films now churned out in Hollywood every year (the millions of dollars spent making them; their celebrity actors; their special effects) will still shine as brightly as "The Nun's Story" 50 years from now?
Relatively few, I think!
The superb performances of Audrey Hepburn, Peggy Ashcroft, Edith Evans, Mildred Natwick, and Peter Finch speak for themselves, and it would be superfluous of me to comment on them further.
I merely wonder how many of the hundreds of films now churned out in Hollywood every year (the millions of dollars spent making them; their celebrity actors; their special effects) will still shine as brightly as "The Nun's Story" 50 years from now?
Relatively few, I think!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film tells the story of a young Belgian girl (Hepburn), who decides to dedicate her life to Christ,and enter a convent, although her family do not entirely approve. We follow Sister Luke through her noviciate (trainee nun), to her becoming a Bride of Christ. But she is also a very knowledgible nursing sister, who wishes more than anything to work in the Congo. She attends the school of tropical medicine,which will be required for overseas nursing. However,another nun is increasingly jealous of her abilities, and Sister Luke is persuaded to deliberately fail her final exams so that the other sister will pass, and therefore travel to the Congo in her place.
Sister Luke is given a posting in a lunatic asylum, which is quite horrifying to watch, and becomes increasingly unhappy. Finally, her posting arrives, and she travels to the Congo to work as a theatre sister. There she meets the charismatic Dr Fortunati (Peter Finch), and slowly but surely, the nursing takes over from the religious part of her life. She recovers from a bout of TB, but with war looming in Europe, she is sent home to the Mother House in Belgium.
Sister Luke finds it impossible to settle in at home, and when her Mother Superior tells her that she must treat all patients the same, be they Belgian or German, she finds she is unable to comply, and so leaves the religious order for good.
Great film, very moving and also it's very informative of life in a religious order.Great acting and fantastic cinematography make this movie a must to see!
Sister Luke is given a posting in a lunatic asylum, which is quite horrifying to watch, and becomes increasingly unhappy. Finally, her posting arrives, and she travels to the Congo to work as a theatre sister. There she meets the charismatic Dr Fortunati (Peter Finch), and slowly but surely, the nursing takes over from the religious part of her life. She recovers from a bout of TB, but with war looming in Europe, she is sent home to the Mother House in Belgium.
Sister Luke finds it impossible to settle in at home, and when her Mother Superior tells her that she must treat all patients the same, be they Belgian or German, she finds she is unable to comply, and so leaves the religious order for good.
Great film, very moving and also it's very informative of life in a religious order.Great acting and fantastic cinematography make this movie a must to see!
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Warner's beautifully restored DVD of The Nun's Story is a real surprise, avoiding the mawkish sentimentality that usually accompanied old Hollywood's approach to Catholicism with a sober, quiet unostentatious majesty and a mostly successful attempt to avoid cliché (there's no romance with Peter Finch's surgeon as you might expect). Fred Zinnemann, who now seems on the verge of being completely forgotten, constantly does things slightly differently - not just jump cutting from continent to continent, but avoiding convention in subtle ways. When Sister Luke departs for the Congo, not only is her departure handled in the bare minimum of shots but they're also not the ones you usually expect: no head on shots of the ship leaving for the open sea, but instead zooming out from a sideways view before cutting to the ship's wake. The visual economy never feels Spartan, but at the same time it fits the subject matter perfectly.
Audrey Hepburn too is something of a revelation. Too often an irritatingly kooky pixie clotheshorse, here she abandons many of her usual affectations that you either find charming or maddening to give the kind of sincere and grounded performance that was too rarely asked of her. It's a quietly powerful and surprisingly honest film that stands up to the test of time. Shame that for some reason Zinnemann gets Dean Jagger to voice one of the bit players as well, which briefly takes you out of the movie before a sudden act of unexpected violence shocks you back in, but there's little else to fault in it.
Audrey Hepburn too is something of a revelation. Too often an irritatingly kooky pixie clotheshorse, here she abandons many of her usual affectations that you either find charming or maddening to give the kind of sincere and grounded performance that was too rarely asked of her. It's a quietly powerful and surprisingly honest film that stands up to the test of time. Shame that for some reason Zinnemann gets Dean Jagger to voice one of the bit players as well, which briefly takes you out of the movie before a sudden act of unexpected violence shocks you back in, but there's little else to fault in it.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Slow-moving drama provides Hepburn with one of her finest roles
Better this than Funny Face any day. Gabby, eventually Sister Luke, enters a convent with twin ambitions: becoming a devoted nun as well as a devoted nurse. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Philoctetes
Moving Drama
The Nun's Story is a film drama that was released in 1959. Here we see Audrey Hepburn abandon her Hubert De Givenchy Haute Couture in favour of a nuns habit, (although in reality... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Grahame
the nuns story
just what it says the story of a nun but well acted by audrey hepburn and peter finch just wish they had done a follow up
Published 14 months ago by lulla
A film I keep learning from
I first watched this film in my native Mozambique in 1969. It was the first time I saw Audrey Hepburn and perhaps because I had just come into puberty I fell in love with her and I... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Movie Fan from Portugal
memorable!!
I finally watched this last night and being a massive fan of audrey hepburn i think this is defo one of her best performances she is brilliant. Read more
Published 15 months ago by sugaspicekiki
the nun story
it was a great dvd showing the insight of a nuns life in the 1950's
Published 19 months ago by anthony
The Nuns Story
This is a wonderful story. It really makes you feel that you have taken part in it. Excellent full screen colour. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mrs. Maureen Singleton
Unforgettable
In Bruges, in 1930, a bright and willful young woman (Audrey Hepburn) enters a convent and undergoes rigorous training for the religious life. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Kona
A classic
Bought this DVD for my mother, she liked it, as she is of that generation.
Published 21 months ago by peppermint
the nun's story
This is a very old film but i work in a convent and the nun's love it.
Published 23 months ago by sue
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