| Release Date: | Apr 1960 |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Awards: | Nominated for Golden Globe. |
| Cast: | Lilli Palmer (Mother Katharine), Sylvia Syms (Sister Mitya), Yvonne Mitchell (Sister Gerta), Ronald Lewis (Major Vittorio Spoletti), Albert Lieven (Colonel Erich Horsten), Peter Arne (Lt. Schmidt), Nora Swinburne (Sister Tia), Michael Goodliffe (Father Desmaines), Megs Jenkins (Sister Constance), David Kossoff (The Rabbi), Jenny Laird (Sister Honoria), George Coulouris (Petrelli), Phyllis Neilson-Terry (Sister Elisaveta), Rebecca Dignam (Anna), Joseph Cuby (Joseph), Maureen Pryor (Sister Consuela), Robert Rietty (), Giulio Marchetti (), Enzo Fiermonte () |
In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment camp. The Italian army officer in charge suspects what may be going on but deliberately turns a blind eye. When the Germans take over the camp security the nuns' activities become far more dangerous.
