55 Days at Peking
15,063
Adventure
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.
Author | Review | ||
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United Kingdom | Time Out | "A magnificent failure." | NEU |
United States | The New York Times | "Without authentic historic background, a viewer gets a foggy picture, if any, of the real causes of the Boxer Rebellion." | NEU |
United Kingdom | Radio Times | "The movie is a carefully balanced study of principle and courage in action" | POS |
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