A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.
Cast
Deborah Kerr
Sister Clodagh
Sabu
The Young General
David Farrar
Mr. Dean
Flora Robson
Sister Philippa
Esmond Knight
The Old General
Jean Simmons
Kanchi
Kathleen Byron
Sister Ruth
Jenny Laird
Sister Honey
Judith Furse
Sister Briony
May Hallatt
Angu Ayah
Eddie Whaley Jr.
Joseph Anthony
Shaun Noble
Con
Nancy Roberts
Mother Dorothea
Ley On
Phuba
Joan Cozier
Girl in Classroom (uncredited)
Maxwell Foster
Clodagh's Father in Flashback (uncredited)
Margaret Scudamore
Clodagh's Grandmother in Flashback (uncredited)
Helen Debroy Summers
Clodagh's Mother in Flashback (uncredited)
Crew
Emeric Pressburger
Director, Writer, Producer
Michael Powell
Director, Writer, Producer
Rumer Godden
Novel
Reginald Mills
Editor
Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography
Kenneth Rick
Second Assistant Director
Pat MacDonnell
Second Assistant Director
Laurie Knight
Third Assistant Director
Robert Lynn
Third Assistant Director
Sydney Streeter
Assistant Director
George R. Busby
Producer
Alfred Junge
Production Design
Adele Raymond
Casting
Hein Heckroth
Costume Design
Biddy Chrystal
Hairstylist
June Robinson
Assistant Hairstylist
Ernest Gasser
Assistant Makeup Artist
George Blackler
Makeup Artist
Stanley Lambourne
Sound Designer
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound
George Paternoster
Boom Operator
Sydney Pearson
Special Effects
Jack Higgins
Special Effects
E. Hague
Special Effects
James Snow
Special Effects
Brian Easdale
Original Music Composer
Vishwanatha Nageshkar
Set Designer
Max Rosher
Still Photographer
Elliot Scott
Draughtsman
