55 Days at Peking (1963)

USA, 154 min
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Basic facts

Original title 55 Days at Peking
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1963-09-27

Cast

Charlton Heston
major Matt Lewis

Ava Gardner
baronessan Natalie Ivanoff

David Niven
Sir Arthur Robertson

Flora Robson
änkekejsarinnan Tzu-Hsi

John Ireland
sergeant Harry

Harry Andrews
fader de Bearn

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Titles

Original title
  • 55 Days at Peking
Swedish release title
  • 55 dagar i Peking
Title for Swedish DVD release
  • 55 dagar i Peking

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Stunt Coordinator
Second Unit Director
Script Supervisor
Special Effects
Dialogue
Associate Producer
Unit Manager
Casting
Camera Operator
Second Unit Director of Photography
Gaffer
Key Grip
Conductor
Music Editor
Orchestration
Set Decorator
Painter
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Wardrobe
Make-up Assistant
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Editor
Re-recording Mixer

Cast

Charlton Heston major Matt Lewis
Ava Gardner baronessan Natalie Ivanoff
David Niven Sir Arthur Robertson
Flora Robson änkekejsarinnan Tzu-Hsi
John Ireland sergeant Harry
Harry Andrews fader de Bearn
Leo Genn general Jung-Lu
Robert Helpmann prins Tuan
Kurt Kasznar baron Sergei Ivanoff
Philippe Leroy Julliard
Paul Lukas doktor Steinfeldt
Elizabeth Sellars Lady Sarah Robertson
Massimo Serato Garibaldi
Jacques Sernas major Bobrinski
Jerome Thor kapten Andy Marshall
Geoffrey Bayldon Smythe
Joseph Fürst (as Joseph Furst) kapten Hanselman
Walter Gotell kapten Hoffman
Juzo Itami (as Ichizo Itami) överste Shiba
Mervyn Johns präst
Alfredo Mayo spansk präst
Martin Miller Hugo Bergmann
Conchita Montes Madame Gaumaire
José Nieto (as Jose Nieto) italiensk präst
Eric Pohlmann baron von Meck
Aram Stephan Gaumaire
Robert Urquhart kapten Hanley
Lynne Sue Moon Teresa

Companies

Production Company Samuel Bronston Productions Inc.
Copyright Samuel Bronston Productions Inc. 1963-05-06 LP27967
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Rank Film Distributors of Sweden AB 1963
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Atlantic Film AB 2004

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 101089
Date 1963-09-10
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 4370 meters
Notes Speltid: 160 minuter.


Censorship number 101089
Date 1963-09-10
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 5456 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.05:1 (Super Technirama 70)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Westrex Sound Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 70 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 154 min


Production location

Samuel Bronson Studios Madrid Spain
Madrid Spain
Las Matas Madrid Spain
Valencia Spain

Release dates

First showing 1963-05-29 New York City, New York USA
Release in Sweden 1963-09-27 Palladium Stockholm Sweden 160 min
TV showing 1981-07-18 TV1 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 1989-01-23 Sweden
1989-01-28 Sweden
DVD release 2004-03-17 Sweden

Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print set
Colour prints set
Behind the scenes prints No
Slides set
Digital images No
Negatives No
Contact sheets No
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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