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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

film by Robson [1958]

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In Mark Robson: Films of the 1950s
He shifted gears with Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958), a fact-based drama that starred Ingrid Bergman as an English missionary leading a group of children out of China just before World War II; with it, Robson earned another Academy Award nomination for best director.
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role of Bergman

In Ingrid Bergman: Scandal and later films
…appear in Hollywood productions, including The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958), as well as in European films. She won her third Oscar, for best supporting actress, for her role in the highly successful film Murder on the Orient Express (1974). However, most agree that her greatest performance in her…
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