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UNITED STATES · 1963

55 Days at Peking

Nicholas Ray
Boxer Rebellion international diplomacy siege warfare cultural conflict survival under siege
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Synopsis

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.

Year1963
CountryUnited States
DirectorNicholas Ray
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