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Summary:
- The awesome grandeur of the majestic Himalayas is the setting for this haunting emotional stunner about the isolation, madness, spiritual failures and sexual frustrations that overwhelm five missionary nuns in a mountaintop convent.
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Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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Performers:
- Cast: Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Sabu, Kathleen Byron.
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Production Credits:
- Producers, directors, writers, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger.
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General Notes:
- From the Janus Films Collection.
Based on the novel by Rumer Godden.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1947 in Great Britain.
Extended play (CLV).
With: an analysis and commentary on audio track 2 by Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese.
Golden Globes, 1948: Best Cinematography (Jack Cardiff).
Academy Awards, 1948: Best Cinematography, Color (Jack Cardiff); Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Alfred Junge).
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Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (Laservision) : sound, color, 1800 rpm ; 12 in.
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Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; 1800 rpm; polychrome
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Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
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Video Characteristics:
- laser optical
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Digital Characteristics:
- video file
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Call Numbers:
- LD 144
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OCLC Numbers:
- 1052934867
21181202 [Invalid]
