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Black Narcissus (1947)
100 min - Drama - December 1947 (USA)
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After opening a convent in the Himalayas, five nuns encounter conflict and tension - both with the natives and also within their own group - as they attempt to adapt to their remote, exotic surroundings.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Writers: Rumer Godden (adapted from the novel by), Michael Powell, and 1 more credit ?
Stars: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar and Flora Robson
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Complete credited cast:
Deborah Kerr
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Sister Clodagh
Flora Robson
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Sister Philippa
Jenny Laird
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Sister Honey
Judith Furse
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Sister Briony
Kathleen Byron
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Sister Ruth
Esmond Knight
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The Old General
Sabu
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The Young General
David Farrar
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Mr. Dean
Jean Simmons
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Kanchi
May Hallatt
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Angu Ayah
Eddie Whaley Jr.
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Joseph Anthony
Shaun Noble
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Nancy Roberts
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Mother Dorothea
Ley On
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Phuba
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Sister Clodah is dispatched with four other nuns to establish a new convent far in the Himalayas. It's a difficult journey and their new house is a ramshackle old building on the edge of a cliff that had been abandoned by a religious Brotherhood many years before. They soon establish a school and an infirmary though the local General's agent, Mr. Dean, warns them against treating the deathly ill as they would no doubt be blamed if the patient doesn't recover. The location, the culture and the mountain air all begin to have a strange effect on the Sisters. Sister Clodagh, who is also on her first assignment as Sister Superior, begins to remember a romance she had as a young woman before entering the sisterhood. Another however, becomes obsessed with Mr. Dean, which leads to tragedy. Written by garykmcd Plot Summary | Add Synopsis
Plot Keywords: Nun | Convent | General | School | Cliff | See more ?
Taglines: A Story to Storm Your Heart! Drama at the top of the world ... where winds of the exotic past sweep men and women to strange and fascinating adventure... See more ?
Genres: Drama
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Country: UK
Language: English
Release Date: December 1947 (USA) See more ?
Also Known As: Le narcisse noir See more ?
Filming Locations: County Galway, Ireland See more ?
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Budget: ?280,000 (estimated) See more ?
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Production Co: Archers, The, Independent Producers See more ?
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Runtime: 100 min
Sound Mix: Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Color: Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 See full technical specs ?
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Trivia Jack Cardiff came up with the idea of starting the rainfall end scene by first having a few drops hit the rhubarb leaves before cueing a full-force rainstorm. He personally created the first drops with water from a cup when the scene was shot. Michael Powell was so pleased with the effect that he decided to make the scene, originally the penultimate one, the closing shot. Cardiff, however, was a great fan of the original scene (which had already been shot) that was supposed to follow this one and close the film. To this day Cardiff amusingly calls the opening drops of the rainfall "the worst idea I ever had". See more ?
Goofs Revealing mistakes: Near the beginning the bell for the future school and infirmary is rung. As the bell swings forward towards the viewer it partially disappears behind some scenery that depicts landscape which is supposed to be behind the bell. See more ?
Quotes Sister Clodagh: [to Mr. Dean] You are objectionable when sober, and abominable when drunk!
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