Black Narcissus
A story of exquisite yearning in a strange and beautiful land. Towering over the screen ... as the mountains that saw it happen.
100 mins
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. 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.
Eddie Whaley Jr.
Joseph Anthony
Shaun Noble
Con
Nancy Roberts
Mother Dorothea
Ley On
Phuba
Joan Cozier
Girl in Classroom (uncredited)
Maxwell Foster
Clodagh's Father in Flashback (uncredited)
Helen Debroy Summers
Clodagh's Mother in Flashback (uncredited)
George R. Busby
Producer
Rumer Godden
Novel
Reginald Mills
Editor
Brian Easdale
Original Music Composer
Biddy Chrystal
Hairstylist
James Snow
Special Effects
Jack Higgins
Special Effects
E. Hague
Special Effects
George Blackler
Makeup Artist
Sydney Pearson
Special Effects
Ernest Gasser
Assistant Makeup Artist
June Robinson
Assistant Hairstylist
Pat MacDonnell
Second Assistant Director
Adele Raymond
Casting
Kenneth Rick
Second Assistant Director
Laurie Knight
Third Assistant Director
Vishwanatha Nageshkar
Set Designer
Sydney Streeter
Assistant Director
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound
Stanley Lambourne
Sound Designer
Elliot Scott
Draughtsman
George Paternoster
Boom Operator
Max Rosher
Still Photographer