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Black Narcissus

on BBC Two England

Written, produced and directed by MICHAEL POWELL and EMEKIC PRESSBURGER. Concluding the season of distinguished films celebrating one of the most successful partnerships in British cinema. starring Deborah Kerr , Sabu David Farrar , Flora Robson
At the invitation of the local Indian ruler, five Anglo-Catholic nuns establish a school and hospital in a disused harem perched on a mountain pinnacle in tne Himalayas. But the nuns are unable to cope with the sensuous atmosphere of their surroundings and the intrusive male presence of the local English agent ... Of all the Powell-Pressburger films, this one has the most ravishing use of colour photography in its unique creation of an exotic Eastern locale in the studio.
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Contributors

Directed By:
Michael Powell
Unknown:
Deborah Kerr
Unknown:
Sabu David Farrar
Unknown:
Flora Robson
Sister Clodagh:
Deborah Kerr
Dulip:
Rai Sabu
Mr Dean:
David Farrar
Sister Philippa:
Flora Robson
General:
Esmond Knight
Kanchi:
Jean Simmons
Sister Ruth:
Kathleen Byron
Sister Honey:
Jenny Laird
Sister Briony:
Judith Furse
Angu Ayah:
Mam Hallatt

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