The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness (Studio Classics)

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Synopsis

Ingrid Bergman stars in this 'spectacularly mounted, impressively acted and directed picture' (Variety).

Based on the true life story of Gladys Aylward, a modern-day saint, whose unquenchable passion to do good took her halfway around the world.

Inspired by her dream of being a missionary, an English parlour maid journeys to China and opens an inn for tired, hungry mule drivers crossing desolate mountain trails. Gradually overcoming the natives hostility, she wins the heart of a Eurasian colonel (Curt Jurgens) and converts a powerful Mandarin (Robert Donat) to Christianity. But her greatest feat is achieved during the Japanese invasion of China, when she leads one hundred homeless children to safety across enemy-held terrain.

Powerful and poignant, this inspired film was adapted from Alan Burgess best-seller The Small Woman.