The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

Dec 11, 1958

2h 38m

★ 6.7

BACK AGAIN - INGRID BERGMAN in her greatest role

Overview

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.

Genres

War

Drama

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Gladys Aylward

Ingrid Bergman

Capt. Lin Nan

Curd Jürgens

Burt Kwouk

The Mandarin of Yang Cheng

Robert Donat

Sui-Lan

Tsai Chin

Mr. Murfin

Richard Wattis

Jeannie Lawson

Athene Seyler

Sir Francis Jamison

Ronald Squire

Hok-A

Michael David

Yang

Peter Chong

Sir Francis' cook

Joan Young

Miss Thompson

Noel Hood

The rise of a Malay warrior named Mat Kilau and his friends against the British colonialists who came to Pahang in 1892. The greed of British officials and policies, which have imposed excessive taxes, confiscated land belonging to the Malays to reap the treasures of Pahang and disrupted the Islamic way in Pahang has caused dissatisfaction among the rulers and the Malays. The patriotic spirit of Mat Kilau and his friends who rose up against British violence had caused Captain Syers to launch an attack on Mat Kilau. Witness the heroic spirit of Mat Kilau, Tok Gajah and Mat Kilau's best friends use their wisdom to fight in the jungle against the British soldiers. Did Mat Kilau and his friends succeed in driving out the barbaric and greedy British army to reap gold and tin in Pahang?

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