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 Mère Marie de l'Incarnation
Alida Valli
as Mère Thérèse de Saint-Augustin
Madeleine Renaud
as La prieure
Pascale Audret
as Blanche de la Force
Pierre Brasseur
as Le commissaire du peuple
Georges Wilson
as L'aumônier du Carmel
Anne Doat
as Constance
Claude Laydu
as Le Chevalier de la Force
Jean-Louis Barrault
Pierre Bertin
Judith Magre
Simone Angèle
Pascale de Boysson
Jacqueline Dane
Paula Dehelly
Hélène Dieudonné
Yvette Etiévant
Anouk Ferjac
Sophie Grimaldi
Lydia Leister
Margo Lion
Nicole Polack
Hélène Vallier
Lucien Arnaud
Camille Guérini
Renaud Mary
Lucien Raimbourg
Albert Rémy
Daniel Ceccaldi
Gérard Darrieu
Franca Bettoia
Pascal Mazzotti
Claire Olivier
Julien Verdier
Dominique Zardi