55 Days at Peking (1963)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.7/10   

Director:

Nicholas Ray
(más)

Escritores:

Bernard Gordon (screenplay)
Robert Hamer (additional dialogue)
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 julio 1963 (Australia)

Género:

Drama | Historia | Guerra

Frase comercial:

A handful of men and women held out against the frenzied hordes of bloodthirsty fanatics!

Plot:

Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International...

Plot Keywords:

1900s | Boxer Rebellion | China | Siege | British Empire

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

55 Days at Peking 2008 compared to 1963

Reparto

Charlton Heston	...	Maj. Matt Lewis
Ava Gardner	...	Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
David Niven	...	Sir Arthur Robertson
Flora Robson	...	Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
John Ireland	...	Sgt. Harry
Harry Andrews	...	Father de Bearn
Leo Genn	...	Gen. Jung-Lu
Robert Helpmann	...	Prince Tuan
Kurt Kasznar	...	Baron Sergei Ivanoff
Philippe Leroy	...	Julliard
Paul Lukas	...	Dr. Steinfeldt
Elizabeth Sellars	...	Lady Sarah Robertson
Massimo Serato	...	Garibaldi
Jacques Sernas	...	Maj. Bobrinski
Jerome Thor	...	Capt. Andy Marshall
Geoffrey Bayldon	...	Smythe
Joseph Fürst	...	Capt. Hanselman (as Joseph Furst)
Walter Gotell	...	Capt. Hoffman
Juzo Itami	...	Col. Shiba (as Ichizo Itami)
Mervyn Johns	...	Clergyman
Alfredo Mayo	...	Spanish Minister
Martin Miller	...	Hugo Bergmann
Conchita Montes	...	Mme Gaumaire
José Nieto	...	Italian Minister (as Jose Nieto)
Eric Pohlmann	...	Baron von Meck
Aram Stephan	...	Gaumaire
Robert Urquhart	...	Capt. Hanley
Lynne Sue Moon	...	Teresa
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Lucy Appleby	...	Martha
Carlos Casaravilla	...	Japanese Minister
Michael Chow	...	Chiang
Félix Dafauce	...	Dutch Minister
Andrea Esterhazy	...	Austrian Minister
Mitchell Kowall	...	US Marine
Alfred Lynch	...	Gerald
John Moulder-Brown
Enzo Musumeci Greco
Nicholas Ray	...	US Minister
Fernando Sancho	...	Belgian Minister
George Wang	...	Boxer Chief
R.S.M. Brittain	...	Sergeant Major (uncredited)
Siu Loi Chow	...	Court Boxer (uncredited)
Andy Ho	...	(uncredited)
Dong Kingman	...	(uncredited)
Ching Liang Kwan	...	Court Boxer (uncredited)
Soong Ling	...	(uncredited)
Paul Naschy	...	Extra (uncredited)
Milton Reid	...	Boxer (uncredited)
Lucille Soong	...	Concubine (uncredited)
Mike Steen	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Kenji Takaki	...	(uncredited)
John A. Tinn	...	(uncredited)
Guillermo Vera	...	El hombre del carrito (uncredited)
Stephen Young	...	(uncredited)
Siu Tien Yuen	...	Court Boxer (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Nicholas Ray
Guy Green		(uncredited)
Andrew Marton		(uncredited)

Créditos del guión (en orden alfabético)
Ben Barzman		uncredited
Bernard Gordon		screenplay
Robert Hamer		additional dialogue
Philip Yordan		screenplay

Producida por
Samuel Bronston	....	producer
Alan Brown	....	associate producer
Michal Waszynski	....	executive associate producer (as Michael Waszynski)

Música original por
Dimitri Tiomkin

Fotografía por
Jack Hildyard		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Robert Lawrence

Casting
Maude Spector

Diseño de producción por
Veniero Colasanti
John Moore

Decorados
Veniero Colasanti
John Moore

Diseño de vestuario por
Veniero Colasanti
John Moore

Departamento de maquillaje
Alexandre	....	hair stylist: Miss Gardner (as Alexandre De Paris)
Grazia De Rossi	....	hairdresser (as Grazia Di Rossi)
Mario Van Riel	....	makeup artist
José Luis Pérez	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Dirección de producción
C.O. Erickson	....	executive production manager
Tadeo Villalba	....	unit manager (uncredited)

Ayudante de dirección
Noël Howard	....	second unit director (as Noel Howard)
José López Rodero	....	assistant director: first unit (as Jose Lopez Rodero)
José María Ochoa	....	assistant director: second unit (as Jose Maria Ochoa)
Julio Sempere	....	second assistant director (uncredited in original version)

Departamento de Arte
Stanley Detlie	....	master of properties
Dong Kingman	....	painter: paintings for opening credits (uncredited)
Julián Martín	....	painter (uncredited)
Vicente Sempere Sempere	....	assistant set decorator (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Milton C. Burrow	....	sound effects editor (as Milton Burrow)
David Hildyard	....	sound mixer
Gordon K. McCallum	....	sound re-recordist
Otto Snel	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Alex Weldon	....	special effects

Especialistas
Jack Cooper	....	additional stunts: England (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Manuel Berenguer	....	camera operator: second unit
Bruno Pasqualini	....	supervising electrician
Gerry Fisher	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Departamento de reparto
Joe Powell	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Departamento de vestuario
Gloria Musetta	....	head of wardrobe

Departamento de Edición
Magdalena Paradell	....	assistant to editor

Departamento de Música
Richard C. Harris	....	music editor (as Richard Harris)
Dimitri Tiomkin	....	conductor
Manuel Emanuel	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Herbert Taylor	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Andy Williams	....	music recordist (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Samuel Bronston	....	presenter
Carl Gibson	....	supervising technician
Col. J.R. Johnson	....	technical advisor (as Col. J.R. Johnson, DSO, OBE, MC)
Lucie Lichtig	....	continuity
Andrew Marton	....	operations director: second unit
Miguel Ángel Bermejo	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Samuel Bronston Productions

Distribuidores

• Allied Artists Pictures (1963) (USA) (theatrical)
• Valoria Films (1963) (France) (theatrical)
• J. Arthur Rank Film (1963) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1968) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere) (pan/scan)
• Divisa Home Video (2001) (Spain) (DVD)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Movies Select Video (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• VCI Home Video (video)
• Video Film Express (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)

También conocida como:

Fifty Five Days at Peking (USA) (alternative spelling)
55 días en Pekín (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

154 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

Iceland:12 | Norway:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:U | USA:Unrated | West Germany:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Las Matas, Madrid, Spain

Compañía:

Samuel Bronston Productions

Trivialidades:

Due to mainland China's hostility and isolation from the Western world, a full-scale 60-acre replication of Peking 1900 (sewers and all) was built in the plains outside Madrid, and Chinese/Asian extras were flown in from all over Europe to provide the local Peking (the old name of Beijing) citizenry. A number of costumes for the Royal Chinese Court (the Empress, Prince Tuan's, etc.) were authentic ones from Tzu Hsi's actual court. They were loaned by an illustrious Florentine family (which wished to stay anonymous) but was able to rescue them from the collapse of the dynasty right after the Boxer rebellion.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: At the end, Maj. Lewis is joined by Sir Arthur on top of the wall. Lewis asks Sir Arthur, "What time is it?" Sir Arthur replies, "5:30 a.m." But the sun is directly overhead.

Citas:

Baroness Natalie Ivanoff: You know, I think I'll get you to take me to San Francisco with you.
Maj. Matt Lewis: Oh? Why to San Francisco?
Baroness Natalie Ivanoff: Well, isn't that the place where they found all the gold?
Maj. Matt Lewis: [laughs]

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

Banda de Sonido:

So Little Time (The Peking Theme)

55 Days at Peking 2008 compared to 1963

I am commenting on the DVD version that I have now and I have not seen since 1963. There is a very big difference as in 1963 not only I was much younger but Cinema has changed. 55 Days was a Large Screen Movie compared with the Ten Commandments, Cleopatra of the same year 1963 and The Sound of Music and many others at that period. In those days of Cinema Hollywood convinced people to go to the Cinema with Movies that are not the same on Black and White TV on Small Screen. Watching it on DVD is not the same. Technirama an Advanced Technicolor, Dolby Stereo not as big as Cinerama. I specifically remember sitting in the cinema and the sound moved behind us. For example the Musical Bands in the opening scenes playing the anthems. About the History of China read the other comments. Still a very exciting Movie where a minority overcomes the Mass's winning at the end. David Niven does an interesting part that reminds me of the Guns of Navarone. Heston and most other actors do it very well too. Nine out of Ten in Sam's Scale.