Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

Directed by

Henry King

Genre

drama film, war film, biographical film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 91 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1950s Hong Kong, a married American reporter falls in love with a Eurasian doctor. Their relationship faces prejudice from her family and society.

romanticbittersweetpoignantdramaticmelancholictendertragicyearning

What happens

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing is a 1955 Deluxe color American romantic drama in CinemaScope. Set in 1949–50 in Hong Kong, it tells the story of a married, but separated, American reporter Mark Elliot (played by William Holden), who falls in love with a Eurasian doctor originally from China, Han Suyin (played by Jennifer Jones), only to encounter prejudice from her family and from Hong Kong society. The film was adapted by John Patrick from the 1952 autobiographical novel A Many-Splendoured Thing by Han Suyin. The film was directed by Henry King. The film later inspired a television soap opera in 1967, though without the hyphen in the show's title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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