55 Days at Peking1963
A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!
Director
Screenplay
Philip Yordan, Bernard Gordon
Actors
Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, John Ireland, Harry Andrews, Leo Genn, Robert Helpmann, Kurt Kasznar, Philippe Leroy, Paul Lukas, Elizabeth Sellars, Massimo Serato, Walter Gotell, Jūzō Itami, Mervyn Johns, José Nieto, Eric Pohlmann, Burt Kwouk, Fernando Sancho, Alfred Lynch
Music
Versions
Theatrical – 154 Minutes
Genres
FSK
12
About the film
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.
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Ratings
6.9tmdb
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