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.
Director:
Jeanne Moreau
Mother Marie of the Incarnation
Alida Valli
Mother Thérèse of Saint-Augustin
Madeleine Renaud
First prioress
Pascale Audret
Blanche de la Force
Pierre Brasseur
Commissioner of the Republic
Georges Wilson
Chaplain of Carmel
Anne Doat
Marie-Geneviève Meunier
Claude Laydu
Knight of Force
Jean-Louis Barrault
Mime
Pierre Bertin
Marquis of Force
Judith Magre
Rose Ducor
Simone Angèle
Sister Agnès
Pascale de Boysson
Sister Cécile
Jacqueline Dane
Sister Gabrielle
Paula Dehelly
Sister Catherine
Hélène Dieudonné
Sister Jeanne of the Divine Childhood
Yvette Etiévant
Sister Lucy, extern sister
Anouk Ferjac
Sister Gabrielle
Sophie Grimaldi
Sister Anne de Jésus
Lydia Leister
Soeur Gertrude
Margo Lion
Sister Saint-Louis
Nicole Polack
Sister Charlotte
Hélène Vallier
Sister Agathe
Lucien Arnaud
Coachman
Camille Guérini
Doctor Javeline, Carmel doctor
Renaud Mary
Fouquier-Tinville
Lucien Raimbourg
Deputy commissioner
Albert Rémy
Sans-culotte
Daniel Ceccaldi
Officer
Gérard Darrieu
Member of the court
Franca Bettoia
Carmelite nun (uncredited)
Pascal Mazzotti
(uncredited)
Claire Olivier
Carmelite nun (uncredited)
Julien Verdier
(uncredited)
Dominique Zardi
(uncredited)
