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
as
Pierre Bertin
as
Judith Magre
as
Simone Angèle
as
