Black Narcissus
“A story of exquisite yearning in a strange and beautiful land. Towering over the screen ... as the mountains that saw it happen.”
Powell & PressburgerCast
Deborah Kerr 
Kathleen Byron 
David Farrar 
Jean Simmons
Plot
A group of nuns tries to set up a convent in a remote Himalayan palace, where tension and desire grow.
Sinekatalog’s take
Powell and Pressburger's Technicolor drama sends nuns to a Himalayan palace where desire and madness take hold. Lush, feverish and sensual, with extraordinary studio-built landscapes, it is a visual marvel.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (31,976 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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