Which 1947 Powell and Pressburger film is set in a Himalayan convent?

The 1947 Powell and Pressburger film set in a Himalayan convent is Black Narcissus.

The film follows Anglican nuns sent to establish a school and hospital at Mopu, an isolated former palace high in the Himalayas. Their mission gradually becomes psychologically difficult as the altitude, climate, local tensions, memories, and romantic temptation challenge the discipline they brought with them.

Black Narcissus was written, produced, and directed by the filmmaking partnership of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and it was based on Rumer Godden’s 1939 novel. Deborah Kerr plays Sister Clodagh, the nun appointed superior, while Kathleen Byron plays the increasingly unstable Sister Ruth. David Farrar portrays Mr. Dean, the British agent whose presence intensifies the emotional conflict.

Although filmed largely with studio sets and painted backgrounds rather than on location in the Himalayas, the movie is famous for its striking Technicolor design. Cinematographer Jack Cardiff won an Academy Award, helping make the film a landmark of British visual storytelling as well as a tense psychological drama.