55 Days at Peking (1963)

6.9/10 • 154 min • History War Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Charlton Heston

Maj. Matt Lewis

Ava Gardner

Baroness Natalie Ivanoff

David Niven

Sir Arthur Robertson

Flora Robson

Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi

John Ireland

Harry Andrews

Father de Bearn

Leo Genn

Robert Helpmann

Kurt Kasznar

Baron Sergei Ivanoff

Philippe Leroy

Paul Lukas

Elizabeth Sellars

Lady Sarah Robertson

Massimo Serato

Jacques Sernas

Jerome Thor

Capt. Andy Marshall

Geoffrey Bayldon

Joseph Fürst

Capt. Hanselman

Walter Gotell

Jūzō Itami

Mervyn Johns

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