55 Days at Peking 1963

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 154 min

genre: historical

theme: epic

director: Andrew Marton

Score: 5 / 10

55 Days at Peking is a 1963 American epic historical war film dramatizing the siege of the foreign legations' compounds in Beijing (then known in English as Peking) during the Boxer Rebellion, which took place in China in the summer of 1900. It was produced by Samuel Bronston for Allied Artists, with a screenplay by Philip Yordan and Bernard Gordon, and with uncredited contributions from Robert Hamer, Julian Halevy, and Ben Barzman. Noel Gerson wrote a screenplay novelization in 1963 under the pseudonym "Samuel Edwards".

Plot

Famine in Northern China is affecting millions of peasants by the summer of 1900. Starvation will be one of the major causes of the ensuing Boxer Rebellion. The legations of various industrialized countries are trapped in Beijing surrounded by Boxers who oppose their influence in China and the spread of Western Christianity.

Cast

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author	Ben Barzman Bernard Gordon Philip Yordan Robert Hamer
contentLocation	Beijing
director	Andrew Marton Guy Green Nicholas Ray
editor	Robert Lawrence
events	Battle of Peking Boxer Rebellion Siege of the International Legations
genre	adventure drama historical
keywords	anti-western sentiment beijing legation quarter beijing\'s foreign legations quarter boxer british-led relief force china hand christianity concessions in china eight-nation alliance empress dowager cixi famine follow force foreshadow gaselee expedition hear imperial troops john twiggs myers kill legation list of famines in china love interest march medical supplies military of the qing dynasty murder peking qing dynasty relief expedition run russian aristocracy russian aristocrat seymour expedition surround territorial concessions to overseas colonial powers throne room trap us marine wound yìhéquán
musicBy	Dimitri Tiomkin
nomination	Academy Award for Best Original Score
producer	Samuel Bronston
productionCompany	Samuel Bronston Productions
publisher	Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
recordedAt	Las Rozas de Madrid
theme	epic war