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Cradle Song
UNITED STATES · 1933

Cradle Song

Mitchell Leisen
convent life foundling identity coming of age forbidden love sheltered innocence
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Synopsis

In a deeply cloistered convent, nun Dorothea Wieck raises a foundling to be Evelyn Venable. But at 17, what if, guided by a kindly doctor, she sees the world and finds love?

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