Lilies of the Field

1963

Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...

  • Comedy
  • Drama

7.2

209

June 4, 1963

1h 34m

Synopsis

An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.

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Original Title

Lilies of the Field

Spoken Languages

English, Spanish, German

Production Countries

United States of America

Budget

$247,000

Revenue

$7,000,000

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