BACK AGAIN - INGRID BERGMAN in her greatest role
All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn the money to send herself to a poor, remote village. There she eventually lives a full and happy life: running the inn, acting as "foot inspector", advising the local Mandarin, and even winning the heart of mixed race Captain Lin Nan. But Gladys discovers her real destiny when the country is invaded by Japan and the Chinese children need her to save their lives. Based on a true story.
- 6.7
- 1958
- Released
- 2h 38m
Ingrid Bergman
Gladys Aylward
Curd Jürgens
Capt. Lin Nan
Burt Kwouk
Li
Robert Donat
The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
Tsai Chin
Sui-Lan
Richard Wattis
Mr. Murfin
Athene Seyler
Jeannie Lawson
Ronald Squire
Sir Francis Jamison
Michael David
Hok-APeter Chong
Yang
Joan Young
Sir Francis' cook
Noel Hood
Miss Thompson
Moultrie Kelsall
Dr. Robinson
Edith Sharpe
Secretary at China Inland Mission
Edwina Carroll
Lian-Shin Yang
Woman with Baby
Released
en
- #china
- #missionary
- #biography
- #based on true story
- #trans-siberian railway
- #1930s
- #japanese occupation of china
Reviews
Ingrid Bergman is the renowned British missionary Gladys Aylward in this rather lavish - if shallow - biopic of her adventures in China. Forced to raise her £41 train fare by cleaning houses in London, she embarks on her journey with grim determination but no real notion as to what awaits her. Luckily, one of her erstwhile employers "Sir Francis" (Ronald Squire) has furnished her with the name of