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55 Days at Peking is a 1963 American epic historical war film dramatizing the siege of the foreign legations' compounds in Beijing (then still Peking, in English) during the Boxer Uprising, which took place in China in the summer of 1900.
With Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson. During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.
The siege lasted 55 days, marked by intense combat and a brief truce, until an international relief force arrived from the coast, defeated the Qing forces, and lifted the siege. The failure of the siege and the subsequent occupation of Peking by foreign powers significantly weakened the Boxer Rebellion, leading to its eventual suppression and ...
This historical epic dramatizes the Battle of Peking, a turning point of the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900. When Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi (Flora Robson) orders the Boxers, a group of Chinese ...
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Oct 1, 2022 · However, the 1963 war epic "55 Days at Peking" might take the crown in behind-camera issues that nearly matched the drama onscreen. The star-studded film, which runs around two and a half hours, focuses on the story of the Battle of Peking, a landmark event of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion in 1900.
Sep 5, 2023 · 55 Days at Peking - 1963 - 1080p Blu Ray. Topics 55 Days at Peking, 1963, 55 Days at Peking 1963. 55 Days at Peking Addeddate 2023-09-05 20:17:33 Identifier
