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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

BACK AGAIN - INGRID BERGMAN in her greatest role

6.8(87)19582h 34m4

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$3.5M
Box office
$9M
Language
Mandarin
  • china
  • missionary
  • biography
  • based on true story
  • trans-siberian railway
  • 1930s
  • japanese occupation of china

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Mark Robson

Produced in

United Kingdom, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR11 Dec 1958
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG23 Nov 1958
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatricale Livre31 Dec 1959
    • TVLivrePara TV3 Sept 1999
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalPG1227 Feb 1959
  • NetherlandsNL

    • PhysicalALDVD2 Mar 2005

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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness was released on 23 November 1958.

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    CinemaSerf

    11/7/2022

    6/10

    Ingrid Bergman is the renowned British missionary Gladys Aylward in this rather lavish - if shallow - biopic of her adventures in China. Forced to raise her £41 train fare by cleaning houses in London, she embarks on her journey with grim determination but no real notion as to what awaits her. Luckily, one of her erstwhile employers "Sir Francis" (Ronald Squire) has furnished her with the name of someone who might be…

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