BLACK NARCISSUS (1947)

The trailer for 1947’s BLACK NARCISSUS. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and written by Powell & Pressburger based on the novel by Rumer Godden. The film stars Deborah Kerr, Flora Robson, Jenny Laird, Judith Furse, Kathleen Byron, Esmond Knight, Sabu, David Farrar, Jean Simmons, May Hallatt, Eddie Whaley Jr., Shaun Noble, Nancy Roberts, and Ley On.

The plot summary is as follows:

A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate 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 while Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.

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