| Edition |
[Full screen]. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 93 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 93.
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| System Details |
DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Cast |
Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Esmond Knight, Jean Simmons, Kathleen Byron. |
| Credits |
Photographer, Jack Cardiff ; editor, Reginald Mills ; music, Brian Easdale ; production designer, Alfred Junge. |
| Note |
Adapted from the novel by Rumer Godden. |
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Originally produced as motion picture in 1947. |
| Summary |
Majesty gives way to mystery, and marks a harrowing descent into madness, when a young British nun is ordered to establish a convent in the remote Himalayan mountains. Sister Clodagh (Kerr) is a serious young novitiate assigned to lead a crucial mission, with the reluctant recommendation of her Mother Superior. Together with a disparate group of nuns, Sister Clodagh will face strange peoples and customs, a harsh and unforgiving climate and a wrenching struggle with her own past that will prove the ultimate test of her devotion and faith. |
| Contents |
Special features: A conversation with late director Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese -- Paingint With Light (documentary on Jack Cardiff and Black Narcissus by Craig McCall) -- Behind-the-scenes production stills -- Original theatrical trailer -- Language: English mono -- Subtitles: English SDH. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Servites -- India -- Drama.
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Nuns -- India -- Drama.
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British -- India -- Drama.
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Nuns -- Sexual behavior -- Drama.
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Himalaya Mountains -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Melodrama.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Powell, Michael, 1905-1990.
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Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988.
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Kerr, Deborah, 1921-2007.
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Sabu, 1924-1963.
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Farrar, David, 1908-1995.
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Robson, Flora, 1902-1984.
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Knight, Esmond, 1906-1987.
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Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010.
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Godden, Rumer, 1907-1998.
Black narcissus.
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Independent Producers, Ltd.
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Archers (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780780023567 |
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0780023560 |
| Standard No. |
037429152126 |
| Music No. |
BLA210 Criterion Collection |
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