Fun fact. Filmed completely in Spain.

……the actor who played ‘Prince Tuan’ is an Australian, Sir Robert HELPMANN. He was not only an excellent actor, but a world famous Ballet dancer, & a singer, too. He did all the choreography for this film.

Saw this movie on its first release 60 or so years ago. Thank you for the superb quality of this upload. Great cast. I have read of the various production problems but I don`t think the result is half bad. I like the idea of ballet star Robert Helpmann, who makes an excellent villain of Prince Tuan, putting the actors through the steps of the Military Two Step.

Any movie with a cast of excellent actors like Charles Heston of Ben Hur, and David Niven ( in most British movie) can never disappoint the viewers Not ever! Trust me. I grew up watching them all.

Thank you for posting such a lovely movie. Those were the days when quality was produced.

Fun fact: The melody you hear at 1:50 is *not* the German national anthem. Being a federal state, Germany had no official anthem back then. The common replacement (Wikipedia calls it "Kaiserhymne" or "imperial anthem") was "Heil Dir im Siegerkranz", which used the melody of "God save the King/Queen", and that would've been awkward as it is played a few seconds later by the Brits. The melody played is from "Lied der Deutschen" (music by Joseph Haydn), the German national anthem in one form another since 1922.

Thanks for this movie. I purchased this film many years ago on dvd and still have it but your presentation is much clearer than the one I have.

Therre were 409 soldiers defending the legation of which 54 were American, the British had more, in the relief that came, 2,000 American soldiers came, 10,000, Japanese soldiers, 4,000 Russian soldiers, 3,000 British soldiers...the role the Americans played was not that significant and this is a great film but lousy from a historical point.

I remember seeing it in beautifully filmed 70mm. Quite a spectacle on the giant widescreen!

Thank you so much Flick Vault. Fantastic movie. One of my all time favorites. "Here, take my hand".

I remember this movie as a child. It put my fellow Europeans as the heroes. It fails to mention part of the reason for the Boxer rebellion was the forced importation of Heroin from Afghanistan and India, in exchange for Silver and Tea, by European powers, among other liberties. It caused massive damage to Chinese society. Heroin became cheap and plentiful, and a massive addiction problem began in society. The Europeans were destroying Chinese culture too.

Remember watching this with my mum and dad

a masterpiece. I watched it 50 years ago. thanks for making it available to all.

I wasn’t expecting an intermission .Had me looking for my Jeffers to role down the aisle’s.Great film on the big screen.Thanks.

This was the second film N. Ray shot in Spain for Samuel Broston"Emporium". Being the first "King of Kings" much better than the second. China was created not far away from Madrid and indeed it looks credible. Ray spent long time living in Madrid.. Even he was a "Bar" owner which He called "Nikka's". "55"is not definitely a great film but it is Cinema History.. Mainly here in Spain. Thanks so much for uploading this film on such pristine copy and Greetings from Spain 🌟

Ava Gardner was 40 at the time of the movie, which was quite old by the criterias of the time, especially taking into account her lifestyle was not exemplary. However the remains of her beauty shine wonderfully , she is mesmerizing.

I was a around 10/11 years old, when i saw the movie at Chennai, lndia, some times in early 1960 s. I remember few scenes. Now i enjoy the movie. I am 70 years old.

Great movie with a classic Hollywood happy ending. They don't make it like this any more!

a 1963 flic. War & Peace, massive movie, 1956. Ben Hur 1959, Cleopatra 1963. Those were the days of old-style, old-school, highly expensive Hollywood productions. It was the end of the road for that kind of movie, though. Dr. No of 1962 and the Spaghetti Westerns that started in 1964, and the new wave movies in France, set the stage for the end of these classic mass scenery movies. Is that a pity?

I watched this great movie twice, it's about The White Man's Burden time. Nice to see The Powers united and cooperative.

In the good old days, when it arrived in the Danish Movie Theatres, I saw this film, as a young Person! It ends with - ah I think I have forgot eventually, but it is a fine ending! Finn. Denmark

Good film,and you seldom see anything on the Boxer Rebellion.

I see just legends playing in this movie ❤❤

The Baroness redeemed herself. Nobody else learned a dambed thing. As we see today.

I love both "55 Days at Peking" and "Boxer Rebellion".

never enough time, quite an epos, fascinating compared with today.

Empress CiXi NEVER sat on the throne alone! How funny!

Great movie, great actors

映画はエンターテインメント、事実誤認やある程度の演出は仕方ない、しかもこれは古き良きアメリカ万歳時代の映画、これはこれで1つの時代を象徴する貴重な資料映画でしょう、それはそれとして…… 本映画は史実を元にしっかり時代検証した上で、リメイクして欲しい映画ですね

Three main Chinese leads and they are played by two British actors and an Australian. Someone needed a better Union.

Amazing cast good old fashioned epic thank you

The movie very great l Watched it in ،1964

ジョン・アイアランド、　好きな俳優です。日本の兵士が互に敬礼してから腰を折って礼をするのは疑問だ。 伊丹が居たはずだが文句を付けなかったのか ？ 。

A MASTER PIECE

It’s interesting that we see the Spanish embassy 2:01 and ambassador but we don’t see any Spanish troops even though they where involved in the siege of Peking

I would LIKE to subscribe and I thank the Flick VCault for this movie but OMG I could not sit through another 55 days of adds!

I am 70 years old next year, this date I first saw this movie. As a youngster, and as I grew older until now I only heard of the title very often. Now that i saw it, I am very impressed by the actors and the generally the whole production. Not with the casting, though. No disrespect intended, but it would be most interesting to do a remake. With real Chinese actors, real Russian actors and real actors from the other different countries involved here. Why not?

Filmakers must be commended for presenting the Chinese point of view. The anger expressed by the Empress concerning foreign influence in her country is understandable,and the conflicting views of her advisors on how todeal with the boxers is historically accurate. Tha Chines were not portrayed as simple cannon fodder for the foreignersThe Europeans playing Chinese as least played there roles without excessive cariture.

they do not make movies like these anymore...

A true classic!

Thank you for the upload. Thank you KZfaq. Thank you Internet. Thanks USA for inventing the Internet. Subbed. I'm always amazed how clear and pristine some movies in the 1950's were. Edit: oops I just found out the movie was released in 1963. Still looks great for its time though.

Wow what a story a great cast and a fantastic plot ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Excelente película, me encanta la escenografía la vuelvo a ver sin duda

Great movie I got to say one of the best from it's time in my opinion

Maravillosa producción, una excelente película que resalta💯

Sir Robert Helpman: Born: 1909-1986: In Mt Gambier: South Australia: • Acted as Prince Tuan: • Death Helpmann died of emphysema in Sydney on 28 September 1986. He was given the rare tribute of a state funeral, held on 2 October at St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney. Australia: Tributes were paid in both Houses of the Parliament of Australia. In the Senate all senators present stood in silence. This was noted as a rarity, and it was put on record that "it is only in exceptional circumstances that motions of condolence are moved for distinguished Australians who have not sat in the Parliament". Senator Stan Collard said: Helpmann died of emphysema in Sydney on 28 September 1986.[72] He was given the rare tribute of a state funeral, held on 2 October at St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney.[74] Tributes were paid in both Houses of the Parliament of Australia.[74] In the Senate all senators present stood in silence. This was noted as a rarity, and it was put on record that "it is only in exceptional circumstances that motions of condolence are moved for distinguished Australians who have not sat in the Parliament".[74] Senator Stan Collard said:

Wow,this was such a good movie with the best cast one can hope for.The acting was superb.Charlton Heston,David Niven and Ava Gardener together,what a team!I wish they still made movies like this today.Greatly enjoyed.Thanks for screening.❤

Charlton Heston was one of the greatest actors of all time!

Excelente actores y una muy buena película

This is a Hollywood sixties , high budget, period saga. Expecting to learn about the Boxer Rebellion from this movie is like expecting to learn about Egypt or Rome from "Cleopatra". Viewed as such, it was an entertaining movie with classic actors. Also, I was reminded how old time Hollywood viewed the world and how they operated in the early sixties. Western colonialism was OK, as was not casting Chinese actors (except for the little girl) in a movie about China.

Never Seen this Movie before very good thank you for the upload

È un film che ho dovuto vedere più volte per poterlo amare ,nel cast un bravo charleston Heston affiancato a David niven con ava Gardner che è una fuggitiva russa che vende i suoi rubini nel film per i feriti ed i bambini , è un fatto realmente storico e il regista di ammalò sul set ,ottimo film ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Beautiful movie! Thank you.

I watched this movie in the small theater of my town when I was just about 8

a favolous movie as always

película maravillosa . la arquitectura es espectacular la banda sonora y el contexto historico es buenísimo

I realy enjoyed the movie knowing that it is a true movie thanks.😊

Brilliant most enjoyable thank you

Ava was so beautiful, she deserved a better life.

One of my favourite movie along with The Sand Pebbles

La arquitectura ta atrapa, es una peli que habla de él amor a la nación ❤

Excelente película con gran banda sonora y contexto histórico

A great máster piece

Australians are very proud of Sir Robert Helpmann, but not so happy about a non-asian playing Prince Tuan even if he did a good job.

Thanks for posting

OMG, a gweilo playing a Manchu!

The movie is full of mistakes, yet in the beginning the german anthem at: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7Zxe9Jq3quql3U.html Which is the anthem today, but was not in 1900, when it was the same tune as is "god save the queen" then. One should not mistake it as historical education...

I feel like there are parts missing.

Fantastic

Yes this complet movie was made in Spain with no chines actors. only spanish and ingles.

映画では、割と冷遇されてる日本軍が、実際は一番活躍したらしい。

Thank you

映画は素晴らしい歴史に残る名画ですが日本語訳が余りにも酷すぎる、一体誰が訳したのか‼️

Demaciada buena la peli siento k es algo diferente a lo que eh visto

Brilliantly directed film 🎉by Nicholas Ray

Watching this movie when it came out and I was 11 became a veritable ordeal because I had stuffed myself with Milky Ways and once in the cinema I started to feel horribly sick, going to the toilets all the time. I watched much later but since then no Milky Way has touched my lips. 🤮🤢

great sets and costumes

Gran película! Su trama retrata de cierta forma el imperialismo tratando de imponerse en una débil china, actualmente es al revés.

Que buena pelicula 🎉❤ Muy buena La volveria a ver ❤❤❤

best actors of their time exellent watch heston nivan gardener wow

I wonder why portugal wasn't there not in the film but in the actual historical siege.

"My ex-husband killed himself because i was unfaithful to him" Major Lewis: "Lets forget it" The man of zero fucks

Great movie.✌️❤️

Charlton. Heston. Ava. Gardner și David. Niven. Cinzeci și cinci de zile la Pecking.❤❤😂😂🎉🎉😢😢😮😅😊

Excelente película, totalmente recomendable por su trama y el conocimiento que entrega.

What can i say? its so GOOD ❤❤❤

Again 1900~~~!!!^^

Es muy interesante la trama❤

Amo este tipo de películas ❤

Wow amazing job! 😮

Muy buena película excelente drama y banda sonora

Where are the credits?

Ce sont toujours les mêmes qui donnent leur vie pour les gouvernements je dois dire que c est beau film

Great film.

In the past few months, the Boxers have become heroes to the people in China, at least according to what’s buzzing on the internet. Recently, four professors from Cornell University were stabbed in Jilin Province, and believe it or not, a lot of people are actually seeing this as a just act, like a successful pushback against Western influence. If you're traveling or doing business in China, be careful about your personal safety. If things keep getting worse, we might see more foreigners getting hurt, or even something as bad as the Boxer Rebellion back in 1900.

Worth the watch…

Buenos actores. Y que elegancia. Buena película

The plot is saved by Ava Gardner, beautiful and rebel, against all rules and secretly in love with a chinese nobleman. Also it is important the chinese young girl with her Marine father. An interesting and well crafted movie despite the "white men=good guys" vs "chinese boxers=bad guys" stereotype and the colonialist vision of the future of China typical of those days.

Thanks for sharing 🎄❤️👍

Son muy geniales las películas de esos años 100% recomendable