Black narcissus
Black narcissus [videorecording (DVD)] /
J. Arthur Rank presents ; a production of the Archers ; Independent Producers Limited ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
- [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2010.
- 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 v. : col. ill ; 19 cm.)
- The Criterion collection ; 93 .
- Criterion collection ; 93. .
Adapted from the novel by Rumer Godden. Originally produced as motion picture in 1947.
Photographer, Jack Cardiff ; editor, Reginald Mills ; music, Brian Easdale ; production designer, Alfred Junge. Photographer, Jack Cardiff ; editor, Reginald Mills ; music, Brian Easdale ; production designer, Alfred Junge.
Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Esmond Knight, Jean Simmons, Kathleen Byron.
Majesty gives way to mystery, and marks a harrowing descent into madness, when a young British nun is ordered to establish a convent in the remote Himalayan mountains. Sister Clodagh (Kerr) is a serious young novice assigned to lead a crucial mission, with the reluctant recommendation of her Mother Superior. Together with a disparate group of nuns, Sister Clodagh will face strange peoples and customs, a harsh and unforgiving climate and a wrenching struggle with her own past that will prove the ultimate test of her devotion and faith.
DVD; Dolby digital mono.
Closed captioned in English.
Servites--India--Drama.
Nuns--India--Drama.
English--India--Drama.
Nuns--Sexual behavior--Drama.
Feature films--England.
Himalaya Mountains--Drama.
791.4372 / BLA 2010
Adapted from the novel by Rumer Godden. Originally produced as motion picture in 1947.
Photographer, Jack Cardiff ; editor, Reginald Mills ; music, Brian Easdale ; production designer, Alfred Junge. Photographer, Jack Cardiff ; editor, Reginald Mills ; music, Brian Easdale ; production designer, Alfred Junge.
Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Esmond Knight, Jean Simmons, Kathleen Byron.
Majesty gives way to mystery, and marks a harrowing descent into madness, when a young British nun is ordered to establish a convent in the remote Himalayan mountains. Sister Clodagh (Kerr) is a serious young novice assigned to lead a crucial mission, with the reluctant recommendation of her Mother Superior. Together with a disparate group of nuns, Sister Clodagh will face strange peoples and customs, a harsh and unforgiving climate and a wrenching struggle with her own past that will prove the ultimate test of her devotion and faith.
DVD; Dolby digital mono.
Closed captioned in English.
Servites--India--Drama.
Nuns--India--Drama.
English--India--Drama.
Nuns--Sexual behavior--Drama.
Feature films--England.
Himalaya Mountains--Drama.
791.4372 / BLA 2010