A young woman becomes a nun when she believes her sweetheart has been killed, then things get complicated when he returns alive.A young woman becomes a nun when she believes her sweetheart has been killed, then things get complicated when he returns alive.A young woman becomes a nun when she believes her sweetheart has been killed, then things get complicated when he returns alive.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Gustavo Serena
- Prof. Ugo Severi
- (as Signor Serena)
Ida Carloni Talli
- Mother Superior
- (as Carloni Talli)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe White Sister (1923) is the second of four adaptations of the novel, preceded by a 1915 production and followed by a 1933 sound film, starring Helen Hayes and Clark Gable, and a 1960 Mexican production.
- Quotes
Angela Chiaromonte: Death was jealous of me.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Century of Cinema: Die Nacht der Regisseure (1995)
Featured review
No-one Can Suffer As Convincingly As Lillian Gish!
Assisted by luminous photography and Henry King's sympathetic direction, Lillian Gish delivers a most compelling performance in this lavish production, filmed entirely in Italy. True, she has excellent support from subdued yet charming Ronald Colman, chillingly malevolent Gail Kane, J. Barney Sherry and others, but it's Miss Gish's movie and she makes the most of it.
Camera-wise, King's direction is very static, but nonetheless engaging. He not only has an eye for the pictorial values of his sets and locations, but adroitly maintains audience interest at a high level through the various predictable turns of the plot, although the long-awaited climax proves somewhat disappointing and lacks spectacle.
Camera-wise, King's direction is very static, but nonetheless engaging. He not only has an eye for the pictorial values of his sets and locations, but adroitly maintains audience interest at a high level through the various predictable turns of the plot, although the long-awaited climax proves somewhat disappointing and lacks spectacle.
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- JohnHowardReid
- Feb 26, 2008
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $657,532
- Runtime2 hours 23 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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