History Film / TheInnOfTheSixthHappiness

->''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.''\\
--Opening title card

* TechnicalPacifist: Gladys refuses to deliver an order telling the local people to prepare for war with the Japanese because it conflict with her pacifist beliefs. As it happens, she ''is'' okay with Lin delivering the order while he just happens to be traveling with her.

* DuringTheWar: The film ends with the start of the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar, which later become the Asian theater of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

* YellowFace: Lin Nan was made mixed-race, so it's somewhat excusable that he's played by Creator/CurdJurgens. However, there's no excuse at all for Creator/RobertDonat being cast as the Mandarin.

The film begins with Gladys trying to become a missionary in China, but the missionary society rejects her due to her lack of education. Eventually, she manages to get a job as an assistant to a veteran missionary working in a remote part of northern China. There, an old inn is being converted into a mission in the hopes that it will give them an opportunity to convert any travelers who stop by. Pursuing social reforms in addition to religious conversions, Gladys becomes popular with the villagers and is given the Chinese name "Jen-ai," meaning "the one who loves people." She receives support from the local Mandarin (Creator/RobertDonat) and wins the heart of mixed-race [[UsefulNotes/NoMoreEmperors R.O.C.]] soldier Colonel Lin Nan (Creator/CurdJurgens).

* HalfBreedDiscrimination: The son of a Dutch father and a Chinese mother, Lin talks about enduring this when he lived in the Netherlands. Believing the Western world will never accept him, he has decided to embrace his Chinese half.

The film begins with Gladys trying to become a missionary in China, but the missionary society rejects her due to her lack of education. Eventually, she manages to get a job as an assistant to a veteran missionary working in a remote part of northern China. There, an old inn is being converted into a mission in the hopes that it will give them an opportunity to convert any travelers who stop by. Pursuing social reform in addition to religious conversions, Gladys becomes popular with the villagers and is given the Chinese name "Jen-ai," meaning "the one who loves people." She receives support from the local Mandarin (Creator/RobertDonat) and wins the heart of mixed-race [[UsefulNotes/NoMoreEmperors R.O.C.]] soldier Colonel Lin Nan (Creator/CurdJurgens).

-->'''Gladys:''' To me, it's making each man know that he counts whether he believes in Christ or Buddha or [[HollywoodAtheist nothing, Colonel, like you]].

* TheMissionary: Gladys, of course. But she emphasizes that she's more concerned with social justice than achieving conversions.
-->'''Gladys:''' To me, it's making each man know that he counts whether he believes in Christ or Buddha or nothing, Colonel, like you.

* TheMissionary: Gladys, of course. But she emphasizes that she's more concerned with social justice than conversions.

* TheMissionary: Gladys, of course. But she emphasizes that she's more concerned with social reform than conversions.
-->'''Gladys:''' To me it's making each man know that he counts whether he believes in Christ or Buddha or nothing, Colonel, like you.

The film begins with Gladys trying to become a missionary in China, but the missionary society rejects her due to her lack of education. Eventually, she manages to get a job as an assistant to a veteran missionary working in a remote part of northern China. There, an old inn is being converted into a mission in the hopes that it will give them an opportunity to convert travelers. Pursuing social reform in addition to religious conversions, Gladys becomes popular with the villagers and is given the Chinese name "Jen-ai," meaning "the one who loves people." She receives support from the local Mandarin (Creator/RobertDonat) and wins the heart of mixed-race [[UsefulNotes/NoMoreEmperors R.O.C.]] soldier Colonel Lin Nan (Creator/CurdJurgens).