55 Days at Peking

Tale about the Boxer Rebellion in turn-of-the-20th-century China. When the German ambassador is murdered, all foreigners are ordered to leave. But some refuse, barricading themselves into the international compound to await rescue from a group of multinational troops. But one of them is secretly collaborating with the Chinese and, as the imperial forces gather strength, the prisoners resort to desperate measures., Epic retelling of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 China, where an American major leads an army of multinational soldiers as they attempt to protect a besieged government compound against rebels and hold out until reinforcements arrive., Epic tale about the Boxer Rebellion in turn-of-the-20th-century China. When the German ambassador is murdered, all foreigners are ordered to leave. But some refuse, barricading themselves into the international compound to await rescue from a group of multinational troops. But one of them is secretly collaborating with the Chinese and, as the imperial forces gather strength, the prisoners resort to desperate measures., Sweeping epic about the Boxer Rebellion in turn-of-the-century China. When the German ambassador is murdered, all foreigners are ordered to leave the country. Some refuse to obey and barricade themselves into the international compound to await rescue from a group of multinational troops. But one of them is secretly collaborating with the Chinese and, as the imperial forces gather strength, the prisoners resort to desperate measures., Charleton Heston, Ava Gardner and David Niven star in an epic drama set in China during the Boxer rebellion of 1900 as a small garrison of American and European troops defends the Western embassies from an overwhelming number of rebels., 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., Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion., Sweeping epic about the Boxer Rebellion in turn-of-the-century China. When the German ambassador is murdered, all foreigners are ordered to leave, but instead they barricade themselves into the international compound to await rescue from multinational troops. As the imperial forces gather strength, the prisoners resort to desperate measures, unaware that one of them is secretly collaborating with the Chinese., An excellent rendition of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion and the British military and their families that were caught in the middle of it.