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Black Narcissus
Starring: Deborah Kerr , Flora Robson
Directed by: Michael Powell , Emeric Pressburger
Produced by: Michael Powell , Emeric Pressburger
Written by: Rumer Godden
Newly restored by Criterion, this Oscar®-winning masterpiece is the epitome of the sensuous style of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (The Red Shoes). The conflict between the spirit and the flesh is deftly portrayed by Deborah Kerr (From Here to Eternity) and Flora Robson (Wuthering Heights) as nuns struggling to establish a convent in the Himalayas. A subplot explores the clash of castes.
Item Number: 15808
- Format:
- DVD Widescreen
- Region:
- 1 - More Details
- Run time:
- About 1 2/3 Hours
- Number of Discs:
- 1
- Special Features:
• New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Video introduction by French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier
• Audio commentary featuring the late director Michael Powell and filmmaker Martin Scorsese
• The Audacious Adventurer, a 2006 video piece in which Tavernier discusses Black Narcissus and Powell
• Profile of "Black Narcissus" (2000), a twenty-five-minute documentary
• Painting with Light, a twenty-seven-minute documentary about Jack Cardiff's Oscar-winning cinematography on Black Narcissus
• Original theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Kent Jones
Newly restored by Criterion, this Oscar®-winning masterpiece is the epitome of the sensuous style of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (The Red Shoes). The conflict between the spirit and the flesh is deftly portrayed by Deborah Kerr (From Here to Eternity) and Flora Robson (Wuthering Heights) as nuns struggling to establish a convent in the Himalayas. A subplot explores the clash of castes. 1 2⁄3 hours on 1 disc.
| Sister Clodagh | --- | Deborah Kerr |
| Sister Philippa | --- | Flora Robson |
| Kanchi | --- | Jean Simmons |
| Mr. Dean | --- | David Farrar |
| The Young General | --- | Sabu |
| The Old General | --- | Esmond Knight |
| Sister Ruth | --- | Kathleen Byron |
| Sister Honey | --- | Jenny Laird |
| Sister Briony | --- | Judith Furse< /td> |
| Angu Ayah | --- | May Hallatt |
| Con, Clodagh's Childhood Sweetheart | --- | Shaun Noble |
| Joseph Anthony, Young Interpreter | --- | Eddie Whaley Jr |
| Mother Dorothea | --- | Nancy Roberts |
| Phuba, Dean's Servant | --- | Ley On |
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Written by Rumer Godden, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Produced by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Original Music by Brian Easdale
Cinematography by Jack Cardiff
Film Editing by Reginald Mills
Costume Design by Hein Heckroth
