The inn of the sixth happiness [videorecording] / Twentieth Century Fox ; producer, Buddy Adler ; screenplay writer, Isobel Lennart ; director, Mark Robson.
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FilmPublisher number: 2006094 | 20th Century FoxLanguage: English, French, Spanish Summary language: English, Spanish Series: Studio classic ; 10Publication details: [United States] : 20th Century Fox, 2003.Description: 1 videodisc (158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat, Curt Jurgens.Summary: Based on the true-life story of Gladys Aylward, an English missionary that led a group of children through war-torn China in the 1930's. Nominated for an Academy Award, Best Director.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Alan Burgess' novel The Small Woman was the source for the British/American co-production Inn of the Sixth Happiness. Set in the China of the 1930s, the film stars Ingrid Bergman as real-life missionary Gladys Aylward. Against the advice of practically everyone, Gladys heads into the war-ravaged interior to spread the Christian gospel. She finds a powerful ally in the form of an elderly Mandarin (Robert Donat) who, despite his early efforts to rid himself of the troublesome Gladys, eventually converts to Christianity. Gladys' burgeoning romance with Chinese army officer Lin Nan (Curt Jurgens) is interrupted when she is obliged to guide a group of Chinese children to safety over some of the most treacherous of Northern China's mountain regions. Inn of the Sixth Happiness retains its entertainment value some four decades after its production, even allowing for the preponderance of Occidental actors in Oriental roles. The film also served to breathe new life into the old children's nonsense song "This Old Man" (aka "Knick, Knack, Paddywhack"). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on the book "The small woman" by Alan Burgess.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.
Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat, Curt Jurgens.
Based on the true-life story of Gladys Aylward, an English missionary that led a group of children through war-torn China in the 1930's. Nominated for an Academy Award, Best Director.
MPAA rating: PG.
DVD, stereo and mono soundtracks, restoration comparison anamorphic widescreen (aspect 2.35:1), Region 1 encoding.
Soundtracks in English, French and Spanish, English and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.