Category: Drama
All Genres: Drama
Release Year: 1947
Country: UK
Runtime: 100
Rating: 4.3 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Michael PowellEmeric Pressburger
Sound: Mono
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Writing by: Rumer Godden – (novel)
Michael Powell – (written by) &
Emeric Pressburger – (written by)

Produced by: George R. Busby – assistant producer
Michael Powell – producer
Emeric Pressburger – producer

Cast: Deborah Kerr – Sister Clodagh
Flora Robson – Sister Philippa
Jean Simmons – Kanchi
David Farrar – Mr. Dean
Sabu – The Young General
Esmond Knight – The Old General
Kathleen Byron – Sister Ruth
Jenny Laird – Sister Honey
Judith Furse – Sister Briony
May Hallatt – Angu Ayah
Shaun Noble – Con, Clodaghs Childhood Sweetheart

Music: Brian Easdale
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Plot Outline: Anglican nuns, led by the stern Sister Clodagh, attempt to establish a religious community in the Himalayas…
Plot: Anglican nuns, led by the stern Sister Clodagh, attempt to establish a religious community in the Himalayas, and must battle not only suspicious locals and the elements, but their own demons as well.

Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
During the opening credits sequence of many early episodes, scenes from that episode are shown underneath a closeup of Robert Culps eyes. If you look closely, Culps facial expressions (concerned, happy, etc.) almost always match the action happening on the screen. Later in the series, a standard set of action/romance/humor scenes was used.

Goofs: We know about 2 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Crew or equipment visible: After Grace leaves her mother and gets into the phone booth to call a newspaper office, a cameraman and a moving camera are reflected in the shiny part of the phone, and the glass door of the booth.

Trivia: There are 4 entries in the trivia list – like these:

• The much admired Himalayan scenery was all created in the studio (with glass shots and hanging miniatures).
• Jack Cardiff came up with the idea of starting the rainfall end scene by first having a few drops hit the rhubarb leaves before cueing a full-force rainstorm. He personally created the first drops with water from a cup when the scene was shot. Michael Powell was so pleased with the effect that he decided to make the scene, originally the penultimate one, the closing shot. Cardiff, however, was a great fan of the original scene (which had already been shot) that was supposed to follow this one and close the film. To this day Cardiff amusingly calls the opening drops of the rainfall “the worst idea I ever had”.
• The backdrops were blown-up black and white photographs. The art department then gave them their breathtaking colors by using pastel chalks on top of them.