8.0
“Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...”
Lilies of the Field (1963)
June 4, 19631h 34mEN
7.2
219 votes
Overview
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.
Director
Ralph NelsonWriters
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Rent
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Budget
$247K
Revenue
$7.0M
Production Companies
Rainbow ProductionsUnited Artists
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User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7.0This is one of my favourite performances from Sidney Poitier. Normally his characterisations were settled in an environment of racist and/or bigoted undertones. This drama actually has a much lighter, more comedic, touch to it. He is "Homer" a travelling factotum who happens upon five German nuns who who are bent on building a chapel - but they have no money, no labourer, and practically no way of communicating with their largely Spanish speaking neighbours. Now "Homer" is a kindly soul, so when the headstrong and determined "Mother Maria" (Lilia Skala) coaxes and cajoles him to help them out…
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