55 Days at Peking

1963 · Directed by Nicholas Ray · 154 min · drama film, war film

★ 6.9/10 · 192 ratings on TMDB

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.