The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
- Directed by
- Mark Robson
- Genre
- drama film, war film, biographical film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 28m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 85 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A British woman travels to China to become a missionary during the Second Sino-Japanese War. She faces danger and hardship while helping local children and falling in love with a Chinese army officer.
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What happens
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is a 1958 20th Century Fox film loosely based on the story of Gladys Aylward, a British woman who became a missionary in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Mark Robson, who received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director, the film stars Ingrid Bergman as Aylward and Curt Jürgens as her love interest, Captain Lin Nan, a Chinese Army officer with a Dutch father. Robert Donat, who played the mandarin of the town in which Aylward lived, died before the film was released. The musical score was composed and conducted by Malcolm Arnold. The cinematography was by Freddie Young. The film was shot in Snowdonia, North Wales. Most of the children in the film were ethnic Chinese children from Liverpool, home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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