Production
Filmed in Nantmor, near Beddgelert in 1957. A gold-painted statue of Buddha that was used on a set for the film is now at the Italianate village of Portmeirion, North Wales. Sean Connery was considered for the role of Colonel Lin. The screen tests from this can be seen on the DVD.
The film makers, since release, have been criticised for casting Ingrid Bergman, a tall woman with a Swedish accent, as Gladys Aylward, who was in fact short and had a cockney accent. Likewise, the two leads, British actor Robert Donat and Austrian actor Curt Jurgens were not even Chinese.
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