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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was where she belonged. Unqualified to be sent as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn to send herself to a poor, remote village. There, she eventually lives a full and happy life: running the inn, acting as 'foot inspector', advising the local Mandarin, and even winning the heart of mixed-race Captain Lin Nan. Gladys discovers her real destiny when the country is invaded by Japan and the Chinese children need her to save their lives.
1958 · Directed by Mark Robson · 154 min · War · Drama · 10 frames
Tagline
BACK AGAIN - INGRID BERGMAN in her greatest role
Crew
- Screenplay: Isobel Lennart
- Cinematography: Freddie Young
- Edited by: Ernest Walter
- Music: Malcolm Arnold
- Produced by: Buddy Adler
Cast
- Ingrid Bergman as Gladys Aylward
- Curd Jürgens as Capt. Lin Nan
- Burt Kwouk as Li
- Robert Donat as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
- Tsai Chin as Sui-Lan
- Richard Wattis as Mr. Murfin
- Athene Seyler as Jeannie Lawson
- Ronald Squire as Sir Francis Jamison
- Michael David as Hok-A
- Peter Chong as Yang
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: Mandarin, English, Italian
- Studios: 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $3,500,000
- Box office: $9,000,000
- Themes: china, missionary, biography, based on true story, trans-siberian railway, 1930s, japanese occupation of china
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