DVD
Black narcissus
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Full screen version.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Esmond Knight, Jean Simmons, Kathleen Byron, Jenny Laird, Judith Furse, May Hallatt, Eddie Whaley Jr., Shaun Noble, Nancy Roberts. Ley On.
Publication Information
[New York] : Criterion Collection, 2010.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Summary
A group of Anglican nuns runs into trouble when they try to start a hospital and a school in the Himalayas.
Notes
Adapted from the novel by Rumer Godden.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1947; copyright held by Independent Producers Ltd.
Special features: video introduction by Bertrand Tavernier; audio commentary (Michael Powell, Martin Scorsese); episode of Les audaces d'un aventurier (The audacious adventurer), par Bertrand Tavernier (ca. 15 min.); A profile of Black narcissus (ca. 25 min.); Painting with light (ca. 30 min.); theatrical trailer; booklet with essay by critic Kent Jones.