---
title: 'Black Narcissus (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Emeric Pressburger'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/black-narcissus-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039192/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Black Narcissus (1947)

1947 · 97 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Black Narcissus is a 1947 British psychological drama film written, directed, and produced jointly by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based on the 1939 novel Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden. It stars Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, and Flora Robson, and features Esmond Knight, Jean Simmons, and Kathleen Byron.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Emeric Pressburger](https://cinepixo.com/people/emeric-pressburger), [Michael Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-powell)
- **Screenplay:** [Emeric Pressburger](https://cinepixo.com/people/emeric-pressburger), [Michael Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-powell)
- **Producer:** [Emeric Pressburger](https://cinepixo.com/people/emeric-pressburger), [Michael Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-powell)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Brian Easdale](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-easdale)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack Cardiff](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-cardiff)
- **Editor:** [Reginald Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-mills)

## Cast

- [Sabu Dastagir](https://cinepixo.com/people/sabu-dastagir)
- [Esmond Knight](https://cinepixo.com/people/esmond-knight)
- [May Hallatt](https://cinepixo.com/people/may-hallatt)
- [Judith Furse](https://cinepixo.com/people/judith-furse)
- [Kathleen Byron](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-byron)
- [David Farrar](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-farrar)
- [Jean Simmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-simmons)
- [Jenny Laird](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenny-laird)
- [Deborah Kerr](https://cinepixo.com/people/deborah-kerr)
- [Flora Robson](https://cinepixo.com/people/flora-robson)
- [Nancy Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-roberts-3) as Mother Dorothea
- [Margaret Scudamore](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-scudamore) as Clodagh's Grandmother

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/black-narcissus-1947
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