Audrey Hepburn's acting is spot-on and as great as it could ever be, and so is Fred Zimmerman's directing. The Cinematography: Beautiful. The music scoring of the great Franz Waxman: Beautifully well-conducted. Yet, you can never be so sure on the historical accuracies of this film (or all bio-pics that's based or inspired by true stories) but I'll give some greatness on the film's screen story, except for some of the racial stereotypes that's portrayed somewhere in the middle of the movie. One scene for example shows a white nun handling the babies of a gathering of their black mothers and teaching 'em how to wash & clean their children. SERIOUSLY?! That's one of the few scenes that made me feel real sad to watch.
An Academy Award nominated film: Best Picture Best Director-Fred Zinnemann Best Actress-Audrey Hepburn Best Screenplay-Based on material from another medium-Robert Anderson Best Cinematography-Color-Franz Planer Best Film Editing-Walter A. Thompson Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture-Franz Waxman Best Sound-George Groves No wins.
This is one of those Classic Films that I'll say that I both liked & not liked I think that we should always see all Classic Films with having the thoughts of both ups & downs and this is definitely one of 'em.
An Academy Award nominated film: Best Picture Best Director-Fred Zinnemann Best Actress-Audrey Hepburn Best Screenplay-Based on material from another medium-Robert Anderson Best Cinematography-Color-Franz Planer Best Film Editing-Walter A. Thompson Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture-Franz Waxman Best Sound-George Groves No wins.
This is one of those Classic Films that I'll say that I both liked & not liked I think that we should always see all Classic Films with having the thoughts of both ups & downs and this is definitely one of 'em.