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Bookmark this pageThe Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
Director: Mark Robson
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From Time Out Film Guide
The renowned story of Gladys Aylward (played by Bergman), an ex-housemaid who became a missionary in China in the 1930s. Sketchily scripted and shamelessly glamorised (Aylward bitterly resented being depicted as having had an affair with a Chinese army officer, played by Jurgens), the film is nevertheless a proficiently mounted blend of spectacle and human interest; and the famous climax (Aylward leading the orphaned children over the mountains) is a throat-tightener. The last film of Robert Donat, who looked very ill in his part as the Mandarin. DMcG.Author: DMcG
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- Julie Debnam said...
- Posted on Jun 14 2008 18:11 I really loved this film as a child. I will always renember the mountain scene.
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Cast & crew
Director: Mark Robson
Producer: Mark Robson
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Curt Jurgens, Robert Donat, Noel Hood, Athene Seyler, Richard Wattis, Ronald Squire full cast
Duration: 159 mins
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