Generally speaking, this film is a stable one.

Trevor 2022-02-25 08:01:05

In the 1960s, Hollywood liked to make epic films. "Beijing 55th", an epic film based on the historical background of the 11 powers being attacked by the Boxers in the Beijing Mansion in 1900, the film length is 160 minutes. The director is the director of "Rebellion Without Cause". The lead actor is the lead actor of "Ben Xu". They shot in Spain and built a front door building and a palace in the Forbidden City. In Southern Europe, to create a Far East atmosphere, the main Chinese roles such as Cixi, Ronglu, and Duanjun are still played by foreigners. Sometimes watching their performances feels like monkeys playing treasures, which is very joyful. Especially that King of Duan County. Putting on the look of a Qing dynasty is really like an eyebrow. The characters inside, foreigners, still keep saying "they foreigners", hahaha. But the actors are serious. Especially Cixi, acting with nose and eyes. The handsome male protagonist in "Benxu" is a bit old and greasy in this film, even though he is also a hero on the battlefield. The film runs through the political strategy, the bravery of Westerners, and the praise of love, family affection, and humanitarianism. The licentious Russian baroness finally becomes an angel like Mother Teresa. It's really war and sacrifice to wash the soul. As far as I feel, this film did not deliberately vilify the Qing Dynasty, and it still reflects that period of history truthfully. In short, it must be much less distorted than the reality of "wolf fighting". Even Qianmenlou and other things are done like that. At this point, I have to admire the craftsman spirit of Westerners. Generally speaking, this film is a stable one. I searched it out because I was really curious.

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  • Karlie 2022-04-22 07:01:49

    The Chinese people can only watch this film but they can only be shocked. The whole film is that the Boxer Regiment surrounded a small group of the Eight-Power Allied Forces and beat them, and then the crooked nuts persisted for 55 days and finally came (A San took the lead Entrance) reinforcements, beat the Boxers, and happily invade the "epic story" of the Forbidden City. Looking at the change of Gengzi from a foreigner's point of view, the natural point of view is different from ours, but you should not gather and celebrate under the city wall as if you have liberated the country... David Niven's temperament is still so good.

  • Katrine 2022-03-18 09:01:07

    Except for the setting, the overall is lackluster, the procrastinating rhythm makes people drowsy, and the excessively subjective perspective also affects the level of the film. The Manchus played by several foreigners are quite tasteful. This colonialist film represents the views of most Westerners towards the Chinese at the time - most Chinese people are like uncivilized monkeys in the forest. While rejecting (or unable to) their own "evolution", they desperately resisted human civilization's grants. "Education."

55 Days at Peking quotes

  • Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi: China's condition can be no worse than it is! Even if we should start a war and lose it, what more can the powers take from us?

  • Lady Sarah Robertson: Why? Why? How did he sin? Against whom? What's he doing in this foreign place? Who's ambition is he serving? Does a child die to serve the ends of ambitions of powerful men? Who will gain from his death? Who will be happier for it? How many children must die? How many people must suffer before there's an end to all this? Don't you see that even the life of one child is too great a price to pay? It's too great a price to pay!