Lilies of the Field
“Sidney Poitier as the life-loving ex-GI who one day encounters five nuns escaped from beyond the Berlin Wall...”
1963 · 1 h 34 min
Directed by 
Ralph Nelson
Ralph NelsonCast
Sidney Poitier Lilia Skala Lisa Mann Isa Crino Francesca Jarvis Pamela Branch
Credits
Written by: James Poe
Plot
A travelling handyman, Homer Smith, helps a group of German nuns to build a chapel in the Arizona desert, in a gentle comedy that won Sidney Poitier the Oscar, the first for a Black actor in a leading role.
Sinekatalog’s take
A gentle, warm comedy with Sidney Poitier.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (15,647 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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