[Verginius Rufus]

There is a wonderful movie called The Inn of the Sixth Happiness about a young Englishwoman who goes to China as a missionary, starring Ingrid Bergman. It's in the pre-WWII period--at the very end she is taking her orphan children to safety to get away from Japanese attacks. I don't know how closely it is based on a real missionary.

[Diapason]

The movie was based on the life of Gladys Aylward.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Aylward