In 1900, there was an armed uprising in china known as the 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. The film is set during the 1900 uprising, in which chinese nationals sought to drive out foreigners whom they believed were undermining. The movie was produced by samuel bronston and directed by nicholas ray, andrew marton credited as second unit director and guy green uncredited. Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the international compound in peking during the 1900 boxer rebellion. Free 55 tage in peking dvd cover 1963 r2 german ready to download and print. Download 55 days at peking 1963 720p bluray x264 yify torrent for free, hd full movie streaming also available in limetorrents. 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.
Samuel bronston produced this extravagant blockbuster, shot in super technirama 70. We saw a somewhat faded 70mm print at the american cinematheque a few years back and this looks much better. 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. The story takes place during the boxer rebellion, which shook china at the turn of the twentieth century. The boxers, who oppose christianity and the western powers, who still exercised complete sovereignty over their compounds and their citizens. Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the international compound in. The film was another epic produced by the outsized film producer samuel bronston. Charlton heston, david niven, john ireland, ava gardner, flora robson, harry andrews. May 10, 2018 there are several trailers of this film to be found on youtube rating from very poor to moderate quality.
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. The boxers were set on driving out foreign interests and attacked the settlements of diplomats and professionals. 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. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. Supplied by globe photos, incglobe photoszuma wire. 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. Charlton heston plays matt lewis, the toughasnails american major who takes command of a 500man defence unit inside the diplomatic compound. 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. When dowager empress tzuhsi flora robson orders the. 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.
Anchor bay uks region b bluray of 55 days at peking is a very good encoding sourced from a 20 restoration. With charlton heston, ava gardner, david niven, flora robson. 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. Ava gardner and charlton heston in 55 days at peking 1963 ava. Original 55 days at peking 1963 movie poster in c8. Ava gardner and kurt kasznar in 55 days at peking 1963.
Matt lewis and david niven as sir arthur robertson and ava gardner as baroness natalie ivanoff. The story concerns three people caught up in the political intrigue and upheaval of the boxer rebellion in peking. During the 1899 to 1901 boxer rebellion, peking is an open city with the chinese, and several european countries vie for control. See the full list of 55 days at peking cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Diplomats, soldiers, and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the international compound in peking during the 1899 to. The 1963 movie, 55 days at peking, was based on the war.
Original allied artists japanese 19x28 poster for the nicholas ray film 55 days at peking, starring charlton heston, ava gardner and david niven. Cbs disques france cbs 66604 country france format lp release date 6 lp box. Stream free 55 days at peking full movie online on. 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. However, the film was praised for its acting, direction, music, action sequences, and production design. I have restored the english version of this movie to its full glory. Charlton heston major matt lewis, ava gardner baroness natalie ivanoff, david niven sir arthur robertson, flora robson, john ireland, paul lukas, jacques sernas. 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. There are several trailers of this film to be found on youtube rating from very poor to moderate quality. 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. The story is a dramatization of the siege and defense of the foreign legations compounds in peking during the 1900 boxer rebellion. 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.
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