The boxers, who oppose christianity and the western powers, who still exercised complete sovereignty over their compounds and their citizens. What makes this movie delightful is watching american, british, french, russian and german forces uniting, albeit with the japs, against a common enemy just a decade before being killing each other in world war i. It is based on the book by noel gerson and produced by samuel bronston for allied artists, with a screenplay by philip yordan, bernard gordon, robert hamer, and ben barzman. May 10, 2018 there are several trailers of this film to be found on youtube rating from very poor to moderate quality.
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the international compound in peking during the. In 1900, there was an armed uprising in china known as the boxer rebellion. Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the international compound in. However, the film was praised for its acting, direction, music, action sequences, and production design. Movie mirrors index 55 days at peking 1963 c 150 en.
When dowager empress tzuhsi flora robson orders the. Samuel bronston produced this extravagant blockbuster, shot in super technirama 70. 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. A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the international compound in peking during the 1900 boxer rebellion. Vhs trailer for the epic action drama 55 days at peking, directed by nicholas ray and starring charlton heston, david niven and ava gardner. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. Charlton heston major matt lewis, ava gardner baroness natalie ivanoff, david niven sir arthur robertson, flora robson, john ireland, paul lukas, jacques sernas.
Diplomats, soldiers, and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the international compound in peking during the 1899 to. Anchor bay uks region b bluray of 55 days at peking is a very good encoding sourced from a 20 restoration. Free 55 tage in peking dvd cover 1963 r2 german ready to download and print. The story takes place during the boxer rebellion, which shook china at the turn of the twentieth century. Download 55 days at peking 1963 720p bluray x264 yify torrent for free, hd full movie streaming also available in limetorrents. Ava gardner and charlton heston in 55 days at peking 1963 ava. The story is a dramatization of the siege and defense of the foreign legations compounds in peking during the 1900 boxer rebellion. If you like 55 days at peking you are looking for epic, exciting and serious movies about with siege, imperialism, military, politics, against the odds, revolution and battles themes of action, adventure and drama genre shot in usa. Ava gardner and kurt kasznar in 55 days at peking 1963.
There are several trailers of this film to be found on youtube rating from very poor to moderate quality. Matt lewis and david niven as sir arthur robertson and ava gardner as baroness natalie ivanoff. Charlton heston, david niven, john ireland, ava gardner, flora robson, harry andrews. We saw a somewhat faded 70mm print at the american cinematheque a few years back and this looks much better. The boxers were set on driving out foreign interests and attacked the settlements of diplomats and professionals. With charlton heston, ava gardner, david niven, flora robson. Anyone whos seen the 1963 film 55 days at peking, may think that they know all about the events depicted in this legendary epic, starring such names. Directed by nicholas ray, european and american delegations in the chinese capital try to hold out during the boxer rebellion as the empress declares war on the western powers. None brought more problems to its makers than the 1963 production 55 days at peking and directed by nicholas ray in super technirama 70 with charlton heston, ava gardner, and david niven in the leads. Original allied artists japanese 19x28 poster for the nicholas ray film 55 days at peking, starring charlton heston, ava gardner and david niven.
The movie was produced by samuel bronston and directed by nicholas ray, andrew marton credited as second unit director and guy green uncredited. Original 55 days at peking 1963 movie poster in c8. 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. Charlton heston plays matt lewis, the toughasnails american major who takes command of a 500man defence unit inside the diplomatic compound. The story concerns three people caught up in the political intrigue and upheaval of the boxer rebellion in peking. Cbs disques france cbs 66604 country france format lp release date 6 lp box. I have restored the english version of this movie to its full glory.
The film was another epic produced by the outsized film producer samuel bronston. 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 siege of the peking legation quarter for purposes of continuity, the chinese capital shall be referred to by its old name of peking throughout this posting. Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the international compound in peking during the 1900 boxer rebellion in china. Beijing hotel after a long mission, american marine major lewis charlton heston meets sly russian baroness natalie ava gardner who needs a room, in producer samuel bronstons 55 days at peking, 1963. The fall of the roman empire cbs 83119, 55 days at peking cbs 83120, the alamo cbs 83121, the guns of navarone cbs 83122, the old man and the sea cbs 83123, wild is the wind cbs 83124. The 1963 movie, 55 days at peking, was based on the war. Jan 10, 2018 diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the international compound in peking during the 1900 boxer rebellion in china. During the 1899 to 1901 boxer rebellion, peking is an open city with the chinese, and several european countries vie for control. Supplied by globe photos, incglobe photoszuma wire. Historical epics had been popular since silentmovie days, but the enormous size and scale offered by innovative widescreen technology seemed made to order for an industry now in hot competition with television.
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