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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.

Contributor(s): Series: Criterion collection ; 93.Publication details: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2010.Description: 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 v. : col. ill ; 19 cm.)Uniform titles:
  • Black narcissus (Motion picture)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 BLA 2010
Production credits:
  • 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.Summary: 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.
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Media Resources Taylor's Library-TU 791.4372 BLA 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) DVD 1 Available SLASx,05000,01,GR 1000525449

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.

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.