Black Narcissus.
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✎ Suggest a correctionA drama about five Anglican nuns who organize a convent school in an abandoned palace in the Himalayan mountains. They experience loneliness and ultimate failure in attempting to cope with ignorance, delinquency, cynicism, and human passions.
Credits
- Directed by
- Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
- Written by
- Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
- Cast
- Flora Robson, Jenny Laird, Nancy Roberts, Sabu Dastagir, David Farrar, Margaret Scudamore, Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons, Kathleen Byron, Esmond Knight, Judith Furse, May Hallatt
- Produced by
- Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
- Cinematography
- Jack Cardiff
- Music
- Brian Easdale
- Edited by
- Reginald Mills
Copyright
3Jun48 L1925, renewed 7Aug75 R610986 Renewal claimant: Rank Film Distributors, Ltd Original author: Universal Pictures Company, Inc © Independent Producers Ltd.; 3Jun48; LP1925.
Complete catalog record
BLACK NARCISSUS. The Archers Film Productions, London. Released in the U. S. by Universal-International, c1948. Presented by J. Arthur Rank. 99 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden. Summary: A drama about five Anglican nuns who organize a convent school in an abandoned palace in the Himalayan mountains. They experience loneliness and ultimate failure in attempting to cope with ignorance, delinquency, cynicism, and human passions. Credits: Produced, directed and written by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger; editor, Reginald Mills; music, Brian Easdale. Cast: Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Esmond Knight. Appl. author: Universal Pictures Co., Inc. © Independent Producers Ltd.; 3Jun48; LP1925.
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