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Anglican nun Sister Clodagh sets up a remote convent in the Himalayas. But the hostility of the conditions and the locals begins to affect the nuns' sanity. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's strange but enthralling drama won an Oscar for Jack Cardiff's stunning cinematography.

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Keywords:

Drama, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1947) (UK) (4 Star)

Cast:

Deborah Kerr	.... Sister Clodagh
Flora Robson	.... Sister Phillippa
Jean Simmons	.... Kanchi
David Farrar	.... Mr. Dean
Sabu	.... The Young General
Esmond Knight	.... The Old General

Supporting Cast:

Kathleen Byron	.... Sister Ruth
Jenny Laird	.... Sister Honey
Judith Furse	.... Sister Briony
May Hallatt	.... Angu Ayah
Shaun Noble	.... Con Clodagh's Childhood Sweetheart
Eddie Whaley Jr.	.... Joseph Anthony Young Interpreter
Nancy Roberts	.... Mother Dorothea
Ley On	.... Phuba Dean's Servant

Directors:

Emeric Pressburger
Michael Powell

Writers:

Rumer Godden
Michael Powell