Official ReleaseSidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...

Lilies of the Field

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.

The Story

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.

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Awards & Nominations

5

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

1964 - Lilia Skala

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

1964 - Sidney Poitier

Won

Academy Award for Best Picture

1964 - Ralph Nelson

Nominated

Silver Bear

1963 - Sidney Poitier

Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

1963 - Sidney Poitier

Won

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