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John Rabe

John Rabe

History Needs Extraordinary Heroes

20097.12h 14m

Overview

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

Directed by Florian Gallenberger
Written by Florian Gallenberger
Produced by Benjamin Herrmann, Mischa Hofmann, Jan Majto
Box OfficeBudget: $20.0M0

Top Cast

Ulrich Tukur

Ulrich Tukur

John Rabe

Dagmar Manzel

Dagmar Manzel

Dora Rabe

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi

Dr. Robert Wilson

Daniel Brühl

Daniel Brühl

Dr. Rosen

Zhang Jingchu

Zhang Jingchu

Langshu

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Prince Asaka Yasuhiko

Anne Consigny

Anne Consigny

Valérie Duprès

Gottfried John

Gottfried John

Dr. Oskar Trautmann

Mathias Herrmann

Mathias Herrmann

Werner Fließ

Tetta Sugimoto

Tetta Sugimoto

Nakajima Kesago

Themes & Keywords

japanchinabiographyns-zeitlife-saverslaughterwoundedsoldiernanking massacre china 19371930snankingwar crime

About John Rabe

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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