Black Narcissus

(1947)

Drama

100 minutes

Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

Cast:

Deborah Kerr as Sister Clodagh

Flora Robson as Sister Philippa

Jean Simmons as Kanchi

David Farrar as Mr. Dean

Sabu as The Young General

Esmond Knight as The Old General

Kathleen Byron as Sister Ruth

Jenny Laird as Sister Honey

Judith Furse as Sister Briony

May Hallatt as Angu Ayah

Shaun Noble as Con, Clodagh's childhood sweetheart

Eddie Whaley Jr. as Joseph Anthony, young interpreter

Nancy Roberts as Mother Dorothea

Ley On as Phuba, Dean's servant

Sister Clodagh, along with four other nuns, is sent to build a new convent in the Himalayas. It is difficult for them to get used to their new house that is on the edge of a cliff, but they soon build a school and a clinic to treat the ill. Their surroundings begin to affect the way they feel and bring back old memories. 

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