is a 1941

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film of the

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, based on the famous 1911 play by

Gregorio Martínez Sierra Gregorio Martínez Sierra (6 May 1881 – 1 October 1947) was a Spanish writer, poet, dramatist, and theatre director, a key figure in the revival of the Spanish theatrical avant-garde in the early twentieth century. Biography Firstborn son o ...

. It is about a group of nuns who find an abandoned baby girl at the doorstep of their convent and decide to bring her up. The last act shows the girl, now a full-grown woman, leaving the convent to get married, and dramatizes the struggle of the nun who raised her to let her go. has been filmed many times in Spanish, and produced twice in English on TV's ''

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'', but this 1941 version is the only one actually directed by the author. The best-known (though extremely rarely shown) version is the 1933 Paramount Pictures production made in English, starring Dorothea Wieck and

Evelyn Venable Evelyn Venable (October 18, 1913 – November 15, 1993) was an American actress perhaps best known for her role as Grazia in the 1934 film '' Death Takes a Holiday''. In addition to acting in around two dozen films during the 1930s and 1940s ...

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* 1941 films 1940s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films 1941 drama films Argentine films based on plays 1940s Argentine films Films based on works by Gregorio Martínez Sierra Spanish-language drama films {{1940s-Argentina-film-stub