Lilies of the Field
[New York] : Kino Lorber Inc., [2021]
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Description: 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Series: KL studio classics.
Other Authors:
Nelson, Ralph, 1916-1987, film producer, film director.
Poe, James, 1923-1980, screenwriter.
Poitier, Sidney, actor.
Skala, Lilia, actor.
Adams, Stanley, 1915-1977, actor.
Goldsmith, Jerry, composer (expression)
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Barrett, William E. (William Edmund), 1900-1986. Lilies of the field.
Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company.
Nelson, Ralph, 1916-1987, film producer, film director.
Poe, James, 1923-1980, screenwriter.
Poitier, Sidney, actor.
Skala, Lilia, actor.
Adams, Stanley, 1915-1977, actor.
Goldsmith, Jerry, composer (expression)
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Barrett, William E. (William Edmund), 1900-1986. Lilies of the field.
Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company.
Subjects:
African Americans -- Drama.
African Americans -- Relations with German Americans -- Drama.
Nuns -- Arizona -- Drama.
African Americans -- Drama.
African Americans -- Relations with German Americans -- Drama.
Nuns -- Arizona -- Drama.
Target Audience: Rating: Not rated.
UPC: 738329254834
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BD DRAMA Lilies | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Blu-ray Disc | In |
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.
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).
Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player.
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.
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).
Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player.