An often-reported legend surrounding this movie is the story that Audrey Hepburn demanded a bidet be provided for her on location in the Congo. Hepburn always denied this, wondering how such an extravagance could even be hooked up in the Congo.
Members of the Rome Opera ballet corps were hired to play some of the nuns, and complex convent rituals were literally choreographed for them.
Factual errors: When Sister Luke removes her wedding ring at the end of the movie, her nails are long and she is wearing clear nail polish, neither of which would have been allowed for a nun.
Referenced in
"Punky Brewster: The Nun's Story (#4.1)" (1988)
- The episode title is based on the title of this film
"The Golden Girls: Beauty and the Beast (#7.3)" (1991)
- The film is mentioned by name.
Touch (1997)
The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000) (TV)
Featured in
Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991) (TV)
Caro diario (1993)
Audrey Hepburn: Ein Star auf der Suche nach sich selbst (2004) (TV)
- scenes of the movie are shown
Spoofed in
Bedazzled (1967)