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.| Status: | Released (1963-05-06) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. 5 nominations total |
| Screen: | Robert Hamer, Philip Yordan, Bernard Gordon |
| Productions: | Samuel Bronston Productions, Allied Artists Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Crews
- 989154: Veniero Colasanti - Production Design - Art
- 2765: Nicholas Ray - Director - Directing
- 4082: Dimitri Tiomkin - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 10340: Maude Spector - Casting - Production
- 14491: Robert Lawrence - Editor - Editing
- 84938: Bernard Gordon - Screenplay - Writing
- 85453: Philip Yordan - Screenplay - Writing
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Review text:
It is tempting just to look upon this as an imperialist (Western, not Chinese) costume drama with fireworks. I think, however, it does merit a little more credit than that. Samuel Bronston pulls together quite a cast as Hollywood (via Madrid and Valencia) gives us it's version of the ....
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