55 Days at Peking (1963)

55 Days at Peking (1963)

“55 Days at Peking” is a 1963 epic historical war film directed by Nicholas Ray, written by Philip Yordan, Bernard Gordon, Robert Hamer and Ben Barzman.

1900 Peking: Foreign diplomats and soldiers barricade themselves against the Boxer Rebellion’s fury. U.S. Marine Major Matt Lewis and British diplomat Sir Arthur Robertson must outlast 55 days of siege until reinforcements arrive.

Cast:

• Charlton Heston – Maj. Matt Lewis (based upon John Twiggs Myers)
• Ava Gardner – Baroness Natalie Ivanoff (Natalia Ivanova; sister-in-law of Sergei and Sophie Ivanoff/Ivanova)
• David Niven – Sir Arthur Robertson (based upon Sir Claude MacDonald)
• Flora Robson – Empress Dowager Cixi
• John Ireland – Sgt. Harry
• Leo Genn – Gen. Jung-Lu
• Harry Andrews – Father de Bearn
• Robert Helpmann – Prince Tuan
• Juzo Itami – Col. Goro Shiba
• Kurt Kasznar – Baron Sergei Ivanoff (based upon Mikhail Nikolayevich von Giers)
• Philippe Leroy – Julliard
• Paul Lukas – Dr. Steinfeldt
• Lynne Sue Moon – Teresa
• Elizabeth Sellars – Lady Sarah Robertson
• Massimo Serato – Menotti Garibaldi
• Jacques Sernas – Maj. Bobrinski
• Jerome Thor – Capt. Andy Marshall
• Geoffrey Bayldon – Smythe
• Joseph Furst – Capt. Hanselman
• Walter Gotell – Capt. Hoffman
• Alfredo Mayo – Spanish Minister (based upon Bernardo Cólogan (es))
• Martin Miller – Hugo Bergmann
• José Nieto – Italian Minister (based upon Giuseppe Salvago Raggi)
• Eric Pohlmann – Baron von Meck (based upon Clemens von Ketteler)
• Aram Stephan – Gaumaire The French minister (based upon Stephen Pichon)
• Robert Urquhart – Capt. Hanley
• Burt Kwouk – Old Man (voice)
• Fernando Sancho – Belgian Minister (based upon Maurice Joostens)
• Nicholas Ray – U.S. Minister (based upon Edwin H. Conger)
• Félix Dafauce – Dutch Minister (based upon Fridolin Marinus Knobel)
• Carlos Casaravilla – Japanese Minister (based upon Nishi Tokujirō)
• R.S.M. Ronald Brittain – Sgt. Britten
• Alfred Lynch – Gerald
• Michael Chow – Chiang
• George Wang – Kaige, Boxer Chief
• Lucille Soong – Concubine
• Yuen Siu Tien – Court Boxer
• John Moulder-Brown – Tommy
• Milton Reid – Boxer
• Andrea Esterhazy – Austrian minister (based upon Moritz Freiherr Czikann von Wahlborn)

„55 Tage in Peking“ (55 Days at Peking) ist ein epischer historischer Kriegsfilm aus dem Jahr 1963 unter der Regie von Nicholas Ray, geschrieben von Philip Yordan, Bernard Gordon, Robert Hamer und Ben Barzman.

Peking, 1900: Ausländische Diplomaten und Soldaten verschanzen sich vor der Wut der Boxer-Rebellion. Der Major der US-Marine Matt Lewis und der britische Diplomat Sir Arthur Robertson müssen 55 Tage Belagerung überstehen, bis Verstärkung eintrifft.