Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The

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  • Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The -- Ingrid Bergman gives a warmly sympathetic performance as a Christian missionary in 1930's China where her patience and sincerity gradually win over the district's crafty mandarin (Robert Donat), his people and a cynical Eurasian army officer (Curt Jurgens), until the Japanese invasion forces her to lead a column of orphans across the mountains to safety. Director Mark Robson finds some delicious humor in the worldly mandarin's increasing bafflement at the woman's selfless kindness, then grows quite serious as her spiritual convictions are tested midst the ravages of war. Despite tense moments and wartime violence, it's richly rewarding family fare. (A-I) (br) ( 1958 )




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