Black Narcissus
1947, NR, 99 min.
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Starring Deborah Kerr, Flora Robson, Jean Simmons, David Farrar, Sabu.

Three Anglican nuns attempt to transform a Himalayan palace into a convent, but in addition to the physical challenges of the landscape, they are constrained by their own emotional demons. The distinguished directing team of Powell and Pressburger and cinematographer Jack Cardiff shot the film’s glorious landscape entirely in the studio.

This article appears in August 11 • 2006.

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