

112 minutes
6/1/1960
This drama about the Carmelite order of nuns is set during the French Revolution. A young woman seeks refuge with the Carmelites because she is terrified of dying during the upheaval. The longer she associates with the nuns the more she is transformed by their faith and devotion.

Jeanne Moreau
as Mother Marie of the Incarnation

Alida Valli
as Mother Thérèse of Saint-Augustin

Madeleine Renaud
as First prioress

Pascale Audret
as Blanche de la Force

Pierre Brasseur
as Commissioner of the Republic

Georges Wilson
as Chaplain of Carmel

Anne Doat
as Marie-Geneviève Meunier

Claude Laydu
as Knight of Force

Jean-Louis Barrault
as Mime

Pierre Bertin
as Marquis of Force

Judith Magre
as Rose Ducor
Simone Angèle
as Sister Agnès

Pascale de Boysson
as Sister Cécile
Jacqueline Dane
as Sister Gabrielle

Paula Dehelly
as Sister Catherine

Hélène Dieudonné
as Sister Jeanne of the Divine Childhood

Yvette Etiévant
as Sister Lucy, extern sister

Anouk Ferjac
as Sister Gabrielle

Sophie Grimaldi
as Sister Anne de Jésus
Lydia Leister
as Soeur Gertrude

Margo Lion
as Sister Saint-Louis
Nicole Polack
as Sister Charlotte
Hélène Vallier
as Sister Agathe

Lucien Arnaud
as Coachman

Camille Guérini
as Doctor Javeline, Carmel doctor

Renaud Mary
as Fouquier-Tinville

Lucien Raimbourg
as Deputy commissioner

Albert Rémy
as Sans-culotte

Daniel Ceccaldi
as Officer

Gérard Darrieu
as Member of the court

Franca Bettoia
as Carmelite nun (uncredited)

Pascal Mazzotti
as (uncredited)

Claire Olivier
as Carmelite nun (uncredited)

Julien Verdier
as (uncredited)

Dominique Zardi
as (uncredited)