Black Narcissus

Based On the book by Rumer Godden

Black Narcissus is a 1947 British psychological drama film written, directed, and produced jointly by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based on the 1939 novel Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden. It stars Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, and Flora Robson, and features Esmond Knight, Jean Simmons, and Kathleen Byron. Set during the final years of British colonial rule in India, the film depicts the growing tensions within a small convent of Anglican nuns who have been invited to establish a school and hospital in the old harem of an Indian Raja at the top of an isolated mountain in the Himalayas. The nuns have trouble adapting to the harsh climate and antagonistic population.

Summary: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Release date:

1947

Director:

Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

Cast:

Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons, Flora Robson, Sabu Dastagir, David Farrar

Genre:

Drama

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Year page:

1947 in adaptations