‘The Inn of the Sixth Happiness’: Caring for Each Other

Ingrid Bergman’s character displays a missionary’s heroism in war-torn China.

(L–R) The mandarin of Yangcheng (Robert Donat), Gladys Aylward (Ingrid Bergman), and Capt. Lin Nan (Curt Jurgens), in “The Inn of the Sixth Happiness.” 20th Century Fox

NR | 2h 38min | Drama | 1958

Director Mark Robson’s film is a fictionalized portrait of Gladys Aylward, a British missionary whose heroism saved hundreds of Chinese people at the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War. His introductory text explains that she was dedicated to “the simple, joyful and rare belief that we are all responsible for each other.”