55 Days at Peking

The film is set during the 1900 uprising, in which Chinese nationals sought to drive out foreigners whom they believed were undermining the country’s independence. The Empress Dowager Tz’u-hsi (played by Flora Robson) and her chief adviser, Prince Tuan (Robert Helpmann), are the main instigators of the Boxers - members of a secret society known as the Yihequan - who lead the fighting.