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Black Narcissus
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Black Narcissus

(1947)Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger100 minDrama
“A story of exquisite yearning in a strange and beautiful land. Towering over the screen ... as the mountains that saw it happen.”

The old palace on the Himalayan mountainside pulls at every nun sent to turn it into a school and a hospital, and the pull grows stronger the longer they stay. Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr) leads the Anglican order into thin air, hard weather and the nearby government man, Mr. Dean (David Farrar). Powell and Pressburger build the whole mountain in saturated color, and the palace looks more alive than the people in it.

Deborah Kerras Sister Clodagh
Sabuas The Young General
David Farraras Mr. Dean
Flora Robsonas Sister Philippa
Esmond Knightas The Old General
Jean Simmonsas Kanchi
Kathleen Byronas Sister Ruth
Jenny Lairdas Sister Honey
Judith Furseas Sister Briony
May Hallattas Angu Ayah
Eddie Whaley Jr.as Joseph Anthony
Shaun Nobleas Con
Nancy Robertsas Mother Dorothea
Ley Onas Phuba
Joan Cozieras Girl in Classroom (uncredited)
MFMaxwell Fosteras Clodagh's Father in Flashback (uncredited)
Margaret Scudamoreas Clodagh's Grandmother in Flashback (uncredited)
Helen Debroy Summersas Clodagh's Mother in Flashback (uncredited)

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