Black Narcissus [1947] (DVD)

Black Narcissus [1947] (DVD) Description

A Story to Storm Your Heart! Drama at the top of the world...where winds of the exotic past sweep men and women to strange and fascinating adventure...Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr) leads a group of Anglican nuns to a remote Himalayan range of mountains, there to set up a mission in an abandoned harem. This is her first position of authority and she finds both her physical and her spiritual limits being taxed as she has to maintain order and discipline in a claustrophobically hostile environment. Slowly but surely, however, the privations and hardship they endure, the extremes of climate and the peculiar amorality of the local natives all combine to slowly corrupt the women's faith, pushing them further into jealousy, anger and madness..., A Story to Storm Your Heart! Drama at the top of the world...where winds of the exotic past sweep men and women to strange and fascinating adventure...Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr) leads a group of Anglican nuns to a remote Himalayan range of mountains, there to set up a mission in an abandoned harem. This is her first position of authority and she finds both her physical and her spiritual limits being taxed as she has to maintain order and discipline in a claustrophobically hostile environment. Slowly but surely, however, the privations and hardship they endure, the extremes of climate and the peculiar amorality of the local natives all combine to slowly corrupt the women's faith, pushing them further into jealousy, anger and madness...Special Features:'A Profile Of Black Narcissus' Documentary.Commemorative Booklet.Commentary With Michael Powell And Martin Scorcese.Original Trailer.'Painting With Light' Jack Cardiff Documentary.Stills Gallery.