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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543060949
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
MPN: D2006094D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 05, 2003
Running Time: 158 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1958
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Editorial Review:
An epic and extraordinary true story--or, at least, an extraordinary story based on a novel (Alan Burgess's The Small Woman) based on a true story. Gladys Aylward (an improbably mesmerizing Ingrid Bergman) is a British would-be missionary with an obsession about China. As she has no experience, the Missionary Society won't let her go, but she goes anyway, alone, to a remote northern province. She is hated, then loved; finally she becomes both a significant political figure and the heroine of a miraculous escape in which she shepherds 100 children to safety across the mountains just ahead of a Japanese invasion. Curt Jurgens is suitably stony as Lin Nan, the half-Dutch, half-Chinese military officer who falls in love with her, and a visibly ailing Robert Donat (who died before this, his final film, was released) is the wily local mandarin who sees and makes use of her extraordinary abilities. Directed by Mark Robson, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is a sweeping, stirring tearjerker, a big tale told in a big landscape with acres of orchestrated strings by Malcolm Arnold. A beautiful and beautifully made film that's a classic of the "everyone said I couldn't but I did it anyway" genre. --Richard Farr
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. Based on a true story.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Settle In to 6th Happiness
Loved the movie. I checked out the life of Gladys Alward... the movie stayed pretty close to her life. The Chinese characters are a little contrived, but the history and setting were fairly accurate. Movie was a little long to today's standards, but thoroughly enjoyable.
Rating:  - Hard life in China
This book is about saving children from the ravages of a hard life in China. It demonstrates the persistence of one women and the children's trust in her. This missionary, played by Ingrid Bergman, faced many hardships yet she kept her goal in mind - helping orphaned Chinese children.
Rating: - The real New Testament faith in action.
If you decide to watch this, keep a hanky handy. Though the movie has been Hollywood-ed somewhat from the original story, it is still pretty true, and very inspiring to say the least, even humbling. How many of us come close to Gladys Aylward's love and faith in action? Ingrid Bergman was fantastic every minute. (I heard that she later commented she did not feel worthy to play the part.) The children are adorable and there is never a dull minute. The only reason I didn't give four stars is ... Read More
Rating:  - Expecting an inspirational film, instead got a B comedy
This movie allegedly takes place in China, but all of the main actors are whites pretending to be Chinese. The zillions of extras are "Asians" of all sorts (e.g. Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc., because, after all, "they" all look the same to a white audience) who run around subserviently speaking bad English. The most I could say for this movie is that it provides deep belly laughs because it seems like a perverse parody. "Surely," you'll keep asking yourself, "they can't be serious!"
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Rating: - Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Based on a true story this is one of Ingrid Bergmans best and it seems least shown movies.
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