Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus (1947)

A story of exquisite yearning in a strange and beautiful land. Towering over the screen ... as the mountains that saw it happen.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1947-05-26
  • User Rating: 7.5/10 from 466 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: The Archers
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger.
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Summary

A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.

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  • Deborah Kerr

    as Sister Clodagh

  • David Farrar

    as Mr. Dean

  • Flora Robson

    as Sister Philippa

  • Kathleen Byron

    as Sister Ruth

  • Sabu

    as The Young General

  • Jean Simmons

    as Kanchi

  • Jenny Laird

    as Sister Honey

  • Judith Furse

    as Sister Briony

  • Esmond Knight

    as The Old General

  • May Hallatt

    as Angu Ayah

  • Eddie Whaley Jr.

    as Joseph Anthony

  • Shaun Noble

    as Con

  • Nancy Roberts

    as Mother Dorothea

  • Ley On

    as Phuba

  • Joan Cozier

    as Girl in Classroom (uncredited)

  • Maxwell Foster

    as Clodagh's Father in Flashback (uncredited)

  • Margaret Scudamore

    as Clodagh's Grandmother in Flashback (uncredited)

  • Helen Debroy Summers

    as Clodagh's Mother in Flashback (uncredited)
Directing Michael Powell Director
Directing Emeric Pressburger Director
Writing Rumer Godden Novel
Writing Michael Powell Writer
Writing Emeric Pressburger Writer
Production Michael Powell Producer
Production Emeric Pressburger Producer
Production George R. Busby Producer
Sound Brian Easdale Original Music Composer
Camera Jack Cardiff Director of Photography
Editing Reginald Mills Editor
Art Alfred Junge Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Hein Heckroth Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up George Blackler Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Biddy Chrystal Hairstylist
Crew E. Hague Special Effects
Crew Sydney Pearson Special Effects
Crew Jack Higgins Special Effects
Crew James Snow Special Effects
Production Adele Raymond Casting
Costume & Make-Up Ernest Gasser Assistant Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up June Robinson Assistant Hairstylist
Directing Sydney Streeter Assistant Director
Directing Laurie Knight Third Assistant Director
Directing Robert Lynn Third Assistant Director
Directing Pat MacDonnell Second Assistant Director
Directing Kenneth Rick Second Assistant Director
Art Vishwanatha Nageshkar Set Designer
Sound Gordon K. McCallum Sound
Sound Stanley Lambourne Sound Designer
Sound George Paternoster Boom Operator
Art Elliot Scott Draughtsman
Camera Max Rosher Still Photographer

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