Black Narcissus.

Duration: 99 min.

Year Published: 1948

Format: 35mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: 3Jun48 L1925, renewed 7Aug75 R610986 Renewal claimant: Rank Film Distributors, Ltd Original author: Universal Pictures Company, Inc

Description: A drama about five Anglican nuns who organize a convent school in an abandoned palace in the Himalayan mountains. They experience loneliness and ultimate failure in attempting to cope with ignorance, delinquency, cynicism, and human passions.

Complete Record: BLACK NARCISSUS. The Archers Film Productions, London. Released in the U. S. by Universal-International, c1948. Presented by J. Arthur Rank. 99 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden. Summary: A drama about five Anglican nuns who organize a convent school in an abandoned palace in the Himalayan mountains. They experience loneliness and ultimate failure in attempting to cope with ignorance, delinquency, cynicism, and human passions. Credits: Produced, directed and written by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger; editor, Reginald Mills; music, Brian Easdale. Cast: Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Esmond Knight. Appl. author: Universal Pictures Co., Inc. © Independent Producers Ltd.; 3Jun48; LP1925.