![]() ![]() Saying, "I know you'll come back if you can," he puts a ring on her hand.Īfter a long, difficult journey, including a perilous river crossing, they all arrive safely (except for Li, who dies to save them from a Japanese patrol) on the day the trucks are to leave. She believes this is why God wanted her to come to China. The trip should take a week by road, but Lin and his men intercept them and warn her that the Japanese control the road ahead. Another 50 children arrive from another mission with a letter from the missionary telling her that trucks will evacuate them to a new home in the interior, but they must get to the mission at Seeyan by 12 November, in three weeks, or the trucks will leave without them. In the now-virtually deserted city, Aylward has gathered 50 children at the Inn, struggling to find food, facing a bitter winter, and not knowing where to go. He says farewell: They will not meet again. At a last meeting with his council, the Mandarin announces that he is converting to Christianity to honour Aylward and the faith that underlies her work. Lin wants her to go too, but she says "These are my people and I will live and die for them." They kiss. Later, Lin returns with the news that the war is going badly and the Mandarin must go to a safe haven. The Mandarin evacuates the population to the countryside, and Li ( Bert Kwouk), a former prisoner, comes to help Aylward with her five adopted children. An air raid shatters the city, killing Yang. Before he leaves, they confess their love. ![]() When Lin, now a Colonel, returns to prepare the region for war with Japan, she has just stopped a prison riot. She succeeds in this assignment, winning the esteem of the people and of the Mandarin as she travels regularly through the mountains, earning the nickname "She who loves" and becoming a Chinese citizen. The local Mandarin ( Robert Donat) appoints Aylward as his Foot Inspector, charging her with enforcing the government's command that the ancient practice of foot binding be eradicated. Captain Lin ( Curt Jürgens), the commander of Yancheng's garrison, advises Aylward to go home and wishes her well as he leaves.Īylward takes over running the inn, with the help of Yang ( Peter Chong), the devoted cook, who tells the stories himself while teaching Aylward Chinese. The film follows Aylward's acculturation, until tragedy strikes and Lawson dies when a balcony collapses. Lawson has set up an inn for muleteers, where the men can get clean food for their animals, communal beds without bugs, a good hot meal and Lawson's free stories (from the Bible). ![]() Sir Francis writes to his only surviving friend in China, veteran missionary, Jeannie Lawson ( Athene Seyler), who agrees to accept Gladys as a much-needed assistant at her mission in the remote county of Yangcheng. Over the next few months, Aylward saves her money to purchase a ticket on the Trans-Siberian Railway, choosing the more dangerous overland route to the East because it is less expensive. Robinson ( Moultrie Kelsall), the senior missionary, feels sorry for her and secures her a position in the home of Sir Francis Jamison ( Ronald Squire), a veteran explorer with contacts in China. The story begins with Aylward ( Ingrid Bergman) being rejected as a potential missionary to China because of her lack of education. Most of the children in the film were ethnic Chinese children from Liverpool, home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe. The film was shot in Snowdonia, North Wales. The musical score was composed and conducted by Malcolm Arnold. Robert Donat, who played the mandarin of the town in which Aylward lived, died before the film was released. Directed by Mark Robson, who received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director, the film stars Ingrid Bergman as Aylward and Curt Jürgens as her love interest, Captain Lin Nan, a Chinese Army officer with a Dutch father. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is a 1958 20th Century Fox film based on the true story of Gladys Aylward, a tenacious British woman, who became a missionary in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. ![]()
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