| Black Narcissus - The Criterion Collection | |||||
| Criterion (1947) | |||||
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| Jean Simmons | Kanchi | |
| Flora Robson | Sister Philippa | |
| Deborah Kerr | Sister Clodagh | |
| Nancy Roberts | Mother Dorothea | |
| Kathleen Byron | Sister Ruth | |
| Judith Furse | Sister Briony | |
| May Hallatt | Angu Ayah | |
| Jenny Laird | Sister Honey | |
| Sabu | The Young General | |
| David Farrar | Mr. Dean | |
| Esmond Knight | The Old General | |
| Shaun Noble | Con, Clodagh's Childhood Sweetheart | |
| Eddie Whaley Jr. | Joseph Anthony, Young Interpreter | |
| Ley On | Phuba, Dean's Servant |
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| Producer | Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger |
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| Writer | Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger Rumer Godden |
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| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff
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| Musician | Brian Easdale
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Plagued by uncertainties and worldly desires, five Protestant missionary nuns, led by Deborah Kerr's Sister Clodagh, struggle to establish a school in the desolate Himalayas. All the elements of cinematic arts are perfectly fused in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's fascinating study of the age-old conflict between the spirit and the flesh, set against the grandeur of the snowcapped peaks of Kanchenjunga. |
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