
Hacksaw Ridge(2016)
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.


“History Needs Extraordinary Heroes”
A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

Ulrich Tukur
John Rabe

Dagmar Manzel
Dora Rabe

Steve Buscemi
Dr. Robert Wilson

Daniel Brühl
Dr. Rosen

Zhang Jingchu
Langshu

Teruyuki Kagawa
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko

Anne Consigny
Valérie Duprès

Gottfried John
Dr. Oskar Trautmann

Mathias Herrmann
Werner Fließ

Tetta Sugimoto
Nakajima Kesago
John Rabe is a drama, history, war film released in 2009 exploring themes of japan, china, biography, ns-zeit, life-saver, slaughter. Directed by Florian Gallenberger, it stars Ulrich Tukur, Dagmar Manzel, Steve Buscemi. A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
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