| 1 | * BillingDisplacement: Despite receiving second billing, Creator/PeterFinch does not appear until more than halfway through the film. |
| 2 | * CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: This was one of Creator/AudreyHepburn's favorite of her films. It was also one of her most financially successful. |
| 3 | * IronyAsSheIsCast: The cast and crew included few if any Catholics. Creator/FredZinnemann was Jewish. Creator/AudreyHepburn and Edith Evans were Christian Scientists. The film's writer, Robert Anderson, was a Protestant, and Peggy Ashcroft was agnostic. |
| 4 | * OrphanedReference: The original theatrical trailer for the film contains a brief shot of Gabrielle and her father sitting at a café. The shot is an excerpt from a scene that was removed from the final cut. The scene is alluded to in the final film when Dr. Van Der Mal mentions a restaurant reservation at the beginning of the film. Zinnemann removed the scene because he felt it was redundant and hindered the pace of the film's opening. |
| 5 | * TheOtherMarty: Creator/YvesMontand was originally cast as Dr. Fortunati but was replaced by Creator/PeterFinch before filming began even though Montand's casting had been widely reported in the press. |
| 6 | * RealLifeRelative: Creator/AudreyHepburn's brother, Ian made an appearance in the movie. In the Beginning, Gabrielle took off her ring, put it on top of a letter, and a portrait of him in a silver heart-shaped photo frame. |
| 7 | * ReferencedBy: There is a ShoutOut to this film in the 2017 film ''Film/{{Novitiate}}''. The postulants are discussing what brought them to the convent and one says "Creator/AudreyHepburn," explaining that she looked so holy, beautiful and perfect in ''The Nun's Story'' that she wanted to be like her. |
| 8 | * ScrewedByTheLawyers: Due to the unclear status of the estate of Marie Louise Habets (she had bequeathed part of her properties to relatives who couldn't be traced), no reprinting of her book is planned as of March 2022. |
| 9 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: The role of Sister Luke was suggested for Creator/IngridBergman but Bergman herself said she was too old for the role and instead proposed Creator/AudreyHepburn. |
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