El albergue de la sexta felicidad

Título original: The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

1958
13
2h 38min

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Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat, and Curd Jürgens in El albergue de la sexta felicidad (1958)

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Una tenaz mujer británica se convierte en misionera y dirige una posada para comerciantes ambulantes en China durante la invasión japonesa y los tumultuosos años previos a la Segunda Guerra ... Leer todoUna tenaz mujer británica se convierte en misionera y dirige una posada para comerciantes ambulantes en China durante la invasión japonesa y los tumultuosos años previos a la Segunda Guerra Mundial.Una tenaz mujer británica se convierte en misionera y dirige una posada para comerciantes ambulantes en China durante la invasión japonesa y los tumultuosos años previos a la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

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Nominado para 1 premio Óscar
- 3 premios y 7 nominaciones en total

Curiosidades
This is the final film of Robert Donat, who died during its making. In the scene in which he is saying goodbye to Gladys as the elders prepare to take their leave of the city, he says, as though he was prophesying his death, "I fear we shall never see each other again."

Pifias
The captain is talking with Gladys and says that someone will listen to anything for an extra bowl of rice. The story takes place in northern China and rice is only eaten in southern China. Noodles made from wheat was the mainstay of the Chinese diet in the north. Later in the film it appears Gladys takes a serving of rice from a large pot, and lastly on the journey with the children they come across some uncooked rice which Gladys picks it up.

Citas
[Robert Donat's final line in his final film]
The Mandarin: We shall not see each other again, I think. Farewell, Jen-Ai.

Créditos adicionales
The opening title card reads: "This story is based upon the life of Gladys Aylward, a woman of our time, who was, and is dedicated to the simple, joyful and rare belief that we are all responsible for each other."

Conexiones
Featured in Ingrid (1984)

Banda sonora
THE CHILDREN'S MARCHING SONG (THIS OLD MAN)
Traditional (Arranged by Malcolm Arnold)
Sung by Ingrid Bergman and a children's chorus

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9/10

Inspiring Even If A Little Aged

A lot has been said, both positive and negative, about the main Asian roles played by Caucasian actors in this film. As an Asian of Chinese descent myself, I've learnt not to get too bent up over this, especially when one considers when this movie was made.

I just recently got the DVD and watched it for the second time after a gap of more than 20 years and I still see the magic of the movie and why it remains inspiring. There are, of course, quite a few creative licenses taken at the expense of the actual life of Gladys Aylward (which IMHO is actually much more inspiring) but that is to be expected with cinema.

What surprised me even more was that Robert Donat who played the Mandarin (the literal translation of his title in the movie would be County Governor; ie. Hsien Chang or 縣長) actually spoke better Mandarin than Peter Chong who played Yang the cook who I assume isn't a native Mandarin speaker.

All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed it and felt the same awe and emotions as when I first saw it as a young boy.