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Lilies of the field
Title
Lilies of the field / screenplay by James Poe ; produced and directed by Ralph Nelson ; MGM.
Publication
[New York] : Kino Lorber Inc., [2021]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the novel by William E. Barrett.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
Wide screen (1.66:1).
Special features: audio commentary by film historian and critic Sergio Mims; theatrical trailer.
Summary
Free spirited ex-G.I. and unemployed construction worker Homer Smith stops at a remote farm in the Arizona desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of German refugee Catholic nuns, headed by the strict Mother Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert.
Variant and related titles
Ralph Nelson's Lilies of the field
Lillies of the field
Lilies of the field (Motion picture)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 14, 2021
Series
KL studio classics
Cast
Sidney Poitier (Homer Smith), Lilia Skala (Mother Maria), Stanley Adams (Juan); Lisa Mann (Sister Gertrude), Isa Crino (Sister Agnes), Francesca Jarvis (Sister Albertine), Pamela Branch (Sister Elizabeth), Dan Frazer (Father Murphy).
System details note
Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience
Rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
K25483 Kino Lorber Inc.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Also listed under
Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company.
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