The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

1958 · 2 hr 38 min · Approved

Biography, Drama, War

Directors

Mark Robson

Actors

  • Ingrid Bergman
  • Robert Donat
  • Curd Jürgens

Credits: 2

Summary

A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War.

More about this movie

All her life Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn the money 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. But Gladys discovers her real destiny when the country is invaded by Japan and the Chinese children need her to save their lives.