Black Narcissus (1947)
Black Narcissus (1947)

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Cast & Crew.

Deborah Kerr
Sister Clodagh

David Farrar
Mr. Dean

Flora Robson
Sister Philippa

Kathleen Byron
Sister Ruth

Sabu
The Young General

Jean Simmons
Kanchi

Jenny Laird
Sister Honey

Judith Furse
Sister Briony

Esmond Knight
The Old General

May Hallatt
Angu Ayah

Eddie Whaley Jr.
Joseph Anthony

Shaun Noble
Con

Nancy Roberts
Mother Dorothea

Ley On
Phuba

Joan Cozier
Girl in Classroom (uncredited)

Maxwell Foster
Clodagh's Father in Flashback (uncredited)

Margaret Scudamore
Clodagh's Grandmother in Flashback (uncredited)

Helen Debroy Summers
Clodagh's Mother in Flashback (uncredited)

Emeric Pressburger
Director / Writer / Producer

Michael Powell
Writer / Director / Producer

George R. Busby
Producer

Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography

Rumer Godden
Novel

Reginald Mills
Editor

Brian Easdale
Original Music Composer

Biddy Chrystal
Hairstylist

James Snow
Special Effects

Jack Higgins
Special Effects

E. Hague
Special Effects

George Blackler
Makeup Artist

Alfred Junge
Production Design

Sydney Pearson
Special Effects
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Details.
Release DateMay 26, 1947
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingNR
Budget$424,000
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
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Black Narcissus is a 1947 British psychological drama film jointly written, directed and produced by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based on the 1939 novel by Rumer Godden. It stars Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, and Flora Robson, and features Esmond Knight, Jean Simmons, and Kathleen Byron.
Set during the final years of British colonial rule in India, the film depicts the growing tensions within a small convent of Anglican sisters who are trying to establish a school and hospital in the old harem of an Indian Raja at the top of an isolated mountain in the Himalayas. The nuns have trouble adapting to the harsh climate and antagonistic population. They come to rely on the help and advice of the Raja's British agent, a cynical Englishman whose attractiveness and panache become a source of temptation for the sisters.
Black Narcissus received acclaim for its technical mastery, with the cinematographer, Jack Cardiff, winning an Academy Award for Best Cinematography and a Golden Globe Award for Best Cinematography, and Alfred Junge winning an Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
According to film critic David Thomson, "Black Narcissus is that rare thing, an erotic English film about the fantasies of nuns, startling whenever Kathleen Byron is involved".
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