Black Narcissus
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Jack Cardiff won both the Oscar award and Golden Globe Award for Best Color Cinematography in 1948. Alfred Junge won the Oscar Award for Best Production Design/Set Design. A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.
Cast
Cast
- Deborah Kerr as Sister Clodagh
- David Farrar as Mr. Dean
- Flora Robson as Sister Philippa
- Kathleen Byron as Sister Ruth
- Sabu as The Young General
- Jean Simmons as Kanchi
- Jenny Laird as Sister Honey
- Judith Furse as Sister Briony
- Esmond Knight as The Old General
- May Hallatt as Angu Ayah
- Eddie Whaley Jr. as Joseph Anthony
- Shaun Noble as Con
- Nancy Roberts as Mother Dorothea
- Ley On as Phuba
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