55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking (1963)

General1963/05/06 (US)HistoryWarDrama2hr 34mRating - 6.959/10
A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!

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.

  1. Michał Waszyński

    Producer

  2. Dimitri Tiomkin

    Original Music Composer

  3. Jack Hildyard

    Director of Photography

  4. Robert Lawrence

    Editor