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  1. Black Narcissus is a 1947 British psychological drama film jointly written, directed and produced by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and starring Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, and Flora Robson, and featuring Esmond Knight, Jean Simmons, and Kathleen Byron.

  2. Black Narcissus: With Gemma Arterton, Aisling Franciosi, Nila Aalia, Patsy Ferran. Adaptation of the 1939 novel by Rumer Godden. A group of nuns face challenges in the hostile environment of a remote old Himalayan palace that they wish to make a convent.

  3. With Deborah Kerr, Flora Robson, Jenny Laird, Judith Furse. A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.

  4. Black Narcissus is a drama television serial, based on the 1939 novel by Rumer Godden. The series features one of the final performances of Diana Rigg, who died in September 2020. The drama premiered on November 23, 2020, on FX in the US, [2] and on December 27, 2020, on BBC One in the UK.

  5. Nov 20, 2020 · Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1947 adaptation of Rumer Godden’s novel Black Narcissus is an absolute stunner, an Oscar winner that startled audiences when it was released and still kills—I made the arguable mistake of watching it again before checking out its remake to see how it holds up and the good news is that it ...

  6. A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr), are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are...

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  7. 2020 Drama TRAILER for List. 59% Tomatometer 29 Reviews 36% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings. When the young nuns of St. Faith attempt to establish a mission at a remote clifftop palace once ...

  8. A darkly grand film that won Oscars for Alfred Junge's art direction and Jack Cardiff's cinematography, Black Narcissus is one of the greatest achievements by two of cinema’s true visionaries.

  9. A group of nuns-played by some of Britain's finest actresses, including Deborah Kerr, Kathleen Byron, and Flora Robson-struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.

  10. Jan 26, 2023 · "Black Narcissus" builds to a gothic, feverish intensity, leading us back to the bell with Sister Clodagh and Sister Ruth for a final confrontation that ends in tragedy.

  11. Jul 26, 2023 · Black Narcissus is a great movie about obsession that is itself obsessive. Filmed largely at Pinewood Studios, it draws much of its visual magic from large painted backdrops...

  12. Dec 14, 2012 · One such example is their 1947 production of “Black Narcissus,” a movie which propelled Deborah Kerr to stardom and featured a burgeoning Jean Simmons. Watching it for the first time made me understand the techniques and inspirations imprinted in many of Scorsese’s own masterpieces.

  13. Black Narcissus. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger • 1947 • United Kingdom. Starring Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar. This explosive work about the conflict between the spirit and the flesh is the epitome of the sensuous style of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

  14. Jan 26, 2022 · As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love. A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr), are sent to a mountain in the ...

  15. www.bfi.org.uk › film › b018cb15/0228/522c-850b-d19fccd99150Black Narcissus (1947) - BFI

    Black Narcissus. A group of nuns open a makeshift convent in the foothills of the Himalayas, but soon find their vows challenged in this new, exotic environment.

  16. Black Narcissus - Apple TV. Available on Pluto TV, Prime Video, Tubi TV, Amazon Freevee, Plex, Max. This explosive work about the conflict between the spirit and the flesh is the epitome of the sensuous style of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

  17. Jul 11, 1998 · Based on Rumer Godden’s 1939 novel, Black Narcissus tells the story of five nuns of the Anglo-Catholic faith who are dedicated to work and welcome the assignment to open a school and hospital in remote Hindustan.

  18. May 25, 2017 · Black Narcissus at 75: exoticism and eroticism in Powell and Pressburger’s masterpiece. Why does Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s Black Narcissus still cast such a strange spell 75 years later?

  19. Jan 29, 2001 · Despite the great wit and character of Pressburger’s dialogue, Black Narcissus is a film that develops almost entirely through formal rather than dramatic means. The carefully developed tensions between monochrome and color, between closed, coherent spaces and aching, cosmic voids, reach a crescendo in the bravura climactic sequence.

  20. Black Narcissus | Original Trailer [HD] | Coolidge Corner Theatre - YouTube. thecoolidge. 5.02K subscribers. 130. 18K views 3 years ago. This explosive work about the conflict between the...