The Inn of the Sixth Happiness love or "the one who loves people" as she has grown to love the people dearly. She continues to be regarded as a national hero. Gladys Aylward was deeply upset by the inaccuracy of the film. Although she found herself a figure of international interest thanks to the popularity of the film and television and media interviews, Aylward was mortified by her depiction in the film and the many liberties it took. The tall, Swedish Ingrid Bergman was inconsistent with Aylward's small stature, dark hair and cockney accent. The struggles of Aylward and her family to affect her initial trip
The Spessart Inn story had been released in 1923, directed by Adolf Wenter and starring Friedrich Berger and Ellen Kürty. "Schloss Mespelbrunn", actually located within the Spessart hills, was used as the castle of Graf Sandau. Another location was the market square of Miltenberg, a town between the Spessart and the Odenwald. "The Spessart Inn" premiered on 15 January 1958 at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin. The film was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for the Palme d'Or. Kurt Hoffmann's "The Haunted Castle" and "Glorious Times at the Spessart Inn" were sequels of a sort to this film. The Filmbewertungsstelle