55 Days at Peking (1963)
"A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!"
ThumbScore
👍 82%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 57%
(RT: 57%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Flora Robson as Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
Leo Genn as Gen. Jung-Lu
Is 55 Days at Peking good?
Most people think so. 82% audience score, estimated from 193 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 57%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
