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55 Days at Peking
1963 · Film · 154 min
Directed by Nicholas Ray
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.
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The 1963 movie "55 days at Peking" with Charlton Heston depicts this period. It is appallingly racist, though, not least I suspect because the international climate of the time.
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