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Black Narcissus

1947-05-26 | Drama
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A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.

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Deborah Kerr Sister Clodagh
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David Farrar Mr. Dean
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Flora Robson Sister Philippa
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Kathleen Byron Sister Ruth
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Sabu The Young General
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hauntingly beautiful film.

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Trailer for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's film starring Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Jean Simmons, ...

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ryy79
This week: my favorite 1940s film. Written and edited by me, Julian Rhodes. All music, images, and clips are used for the purposes ...

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Black Narcissus 1947 Full After opening a convent in the Himalayas, five nuns encounter conflict and tension - both with the ...

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Huyut
BLACK NARCISSUS, now streaming on FilmStruck: www.filmstruck.com This explosive work about the conflict between the spirit ...

BLACK NARCISSUS, now streaming on FilmStruck: www.filmstruck.com This explosive work about the conflict between the spirit ...

FilmStruck
hauntingly beautiful film.

hauntingly beautiful film.

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HD Trailer for the Black Narcissus wasn't happy with the quality of other trailers on YouTube. This explosive film about the conflict ...

HD Trailer for the Black Narcissus wasn't happy with the quality of other trailers on YouTube. This explosive film about the conflict ...

TheOriginalCamo
The ultimate confrontation. S01-EP04: Black Narcissus 1-minute scene analysis of non-significant parts of the great movies ...

The ultimate confrontation. S01-EP04: Black Narcissus 1-minute scene analysis of non-significant parts of the great movies ...

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This is my review for the classic psychological drama film, Black Narcissus. Btw, this was the January #ClassicFilmClub movie, but ...

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BigZ7337
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A final assignment for film studies 307 Some minor things that I could not fix as the trial version of Magix was being very picky: ...

Sdegruyt
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Powell and Pressburger's glorious Himalayan melodrama is given an appreciation by critic Mark Kermode, who looks at the ...

BFI
Joan Webster (Wendy Hiller) is a young middle class Englishwoman with an ambitious, independent spirit. She knows where ...

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Fundación Cine y TV
The Internet Movie Database Top 40 Films of the Decade. Only Movies with more than 10000 user votes are included.

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Mods'n'Movies
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The Godfather Of Cinema
Filipino film criitic Michael Mirasol reviews BLACK NARCISSUS for the Foreign Correspondents feature at www.rogerebert.com.

Filipino film criitic Michael Mirasol reviews BLACK NARCISSUS for the Foreign Correspondents feature at www.rogerebert.com.

Michael Mirasol
Here's the intro and close to WHRO Cinema 15''s presentation of the 1947 film, Black Narcissus, with host Danny Epperson.

Here's the intro and close to WHRO Cinema 15''s presentation of the 1947 film, Black Narcissus, with host Danny Epperson.

Danny Epperson
PowellAndPressberger The legendary filmmaking duo of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressberger released a masterpiece in 1947 ...

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Better With Bob?
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Film Illiterates
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In this clip of "Black Narcissus," Michael Powell's hypnotically beautiful film about nuns who relocate to a convent in the Himalayas ...

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On April 15, 2024, there were 5720 public reaction to Black Narcissus including matte shot, gorgeous technicolor, devil-may-care, diorama, juxtaposition.
The production budget of Black Narcissus was 424,000 USD.
The certification of Black Narcissus is NR.
The genre of Black Narcissus is Drama.
The casts of Black Narcissus are Deborah Kerr starring as Sister Clodagh, David Farrar starring as Mr. Dean, Flora Robson starring as Sister Philippa, Kathleen Byron starring as Sister Ruth, Sabu starring as The Young General, Jean Simmons starring as Kanchi.
On April 15, 2024, the IMDB rating of Black Narcissus is 7.7/10, Rotten Tomato rating is 100/100, Metacritic rating is 86/100, TMDB rating is 8.0/10.
The director of Black Narcissus is Michael Powell.
The release date of Black Narcissus is May 26, 1947.
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love..
The runtime of Black Narcissus is 100 minutes.
Watch the official trailer of Black Narcissus