Cinematography:
Jack CardiffComposer:
Brian EasdaleCast:
Deborah Kerr, Flora Robson, David Farrar, Sabu, Esmond Knight, Jean Simmons, Kathleen Byron, Judith Furse, Jenny Laird, Margaret Scudamore, May HallattVOD (1)
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Based on a novel by Rumer Godden, Black Narcissus stars Deborah Kerr and Jean Simmons as nuns dedicated to the Indian mission in which they work. Obstacles in the life of a nuns’ community high in the Himalayas range from a cynical British Agent to suspicious natives, and the arduous terrain surrounding them. The mission prospers, but often at the expense of spiritual progress. A sick child dies, a mission pupil elopes and one of the nuns falls to her death after an emotional breakdown. The sisters finally retreat from the mission and the menacing mountains, but with the knowledge that their work has not been devoid of good results. (Beyond Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Deborah Kerr
UK
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1953)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
Flora Robson
UK
Best movies:
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
David Farrar
UK
Best movies:
Black Narcissus (1947)
The Sea Chase (1955)
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
Sabu
India
Best movies:
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Elephant Boy (1937)
Esmond Knight
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Hamlet (1948)
Jean Simmons
UK
Best movies:
The Big Country (1958)
Hamlet (1948)
Spartacus (1960)
Kathleen Byron
UK
Best movies:
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Perfect Strangers (2001) (series)
Judith Furse
UK
Best movies:
The Browning Version (1951)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Jenny Laird
UK
Best movies:
Black Narcissus (1947)
Village of the Damned (1960)
The Masks of Death (1984) (TV movie)
Margaret Scudamore
UK
Best movies:
Black Narcissus (1947)
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
May Hallatt
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
Separate Tables (1958)
Black Narcissus (1947)