Cover Image

Lilies of the field /

Show other versions (4)

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Lilies of the field (Motion picture)
Main Author: Goldsmith, Jerry (Composer)
Other Authors: Poe, James, 1923-1980 (Screenwriter), Poitier, Sidney (Actor), Skala, Lilia (Actor), Adams, Stanley, 1915-1977 (Actor), Mann, Lisa (Actor), Crino, Isa, 1930-1976 (Actor), Barrett, William E. (William Edmund), 1900-1986
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with optional English subtitles.
Published: [United States] : Kino Lorber Inc., [2021]
Series:KL studio classics.
Subjects:
African Americans > Drama.
African Americans > Relations with German Americans > Drama.
Nuns > Arizona > Drama.
African Americans.
African Americans > Relations with German Americans.
Nuns.
Arizona.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Description
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.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
Based on the novel by William E. Barrett.
Wide screen.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray, wide screen; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Music, Jerry Goldsmith ; cinematography, Ernest Haller ; editing, John W. McCafferty.