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Binding: DVD
EAN: 8809151391232
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 92643
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Product Description:
Plagued by uncertainties and worldly desires, five Protestant missionary nuns, led by Deborah Kerr's Sister Clodagh, struggle to establish a school in the desolate Himalayas. All the elements of cinematic arts are perfectly fused in Powell and Pressburger's fascinating study of the age-old conflict between the spirit and the flesh, set against the grandeur of the snowcapped peaks of Kanchenjunga. *** IMPORTED FROM SOUTH KOREA *** ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH & KOREAN SUBTITLES *** NTSC ALL REGIONS *** FULL SCREEN ***
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - "You must all get away, before something happens."
This stunning and atmospheric film from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, who were the team behind Archer Productions, is an engrossing and moody masterpiece one might term, religious noir. It was shot in lush colors by Jack Cardiff with a score by Brian Easdale performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. It is the story and the atmosphere created by Powell and Pressburger that gives this adaptation of a novel by Rumer Gooden its noirish feel, however, and it would easily be just as good in ... Read More
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