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John Rabe (2008)

John Rabe (2008)
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Oscar-winning director Florian Gallenberger explores the crucial role that foreigners played in helping countless Chinese escape a fate worse than death in this period docudrama concerning the 1937 invasion of Nanking by the ruthless Japanese Imperial Army. Casually known by historians as the "Rape of Nanking," the relentless assault on the then-Chinese capitol found countless men, women, and children slaughtered with a ferocity that shocked the entire world. Yet, despite the violence that surrounded them, some people refused to sit by silently as the innocents perished. One of those people was German engineer and Nazi party member John Rabe, who earned the nickname "The Schindler of China" for constructing a vast safety zone in which nearly a quarter of a million civilians sought sanctuary. Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Brühl, Dagmar Manzel, and Steve Buscemi star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Starring:
Ulrich TukurDaniel Bruehl, (more)
Director(s):
Florian Gallenberger
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
NR
Format(s):
DVD
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Oscar-winning director Florian Gallenberger explores the crucial role that foreigners played in helping countless Chinese escape a fate worse than death in this period docudrama concerning the 1937 invasion of Nanking by the ruthless Japanese Imperial Army. Casually known by historians as the "Rape of Nanking," the relentless assault on the then-Chinese capitol found countless men, women, and children slaughtered with a ferocity that shocked the entire world. Yet, despite the violence that surrounded them, some people refused to sit by silently as the innocents perished. One of those people was German engineer and Nazi party member John Rabe, who earned the nickname "The Schindler of China" for constructing a vast safety zone in which nearly a quarter of a million civilians sought sanctuary. Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Brühl, Dagmar Manzel, and Steve Buscemi star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
134 mins

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Director(s):
Florian Gallenberger
Writer(s):
Florian Gallenberger
Producer(s):
Benjamin HerrmannMischa HofmannJan Mojto
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
NR(Violence, Adult Situations)
Categories:
ForeignDrama
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John C.

This was a outstanding film about an extraordinary man. It portrayed the special "zone" that was established by John Robe and other Europeans/Americans to protect the Chinese that could squeeze into it from the Japanese who truly pillaged and destroyed Nanking in 1937 - the same kind of insane violence as in the Death March from Bataan. Subtitles do NOT take anything away from this.

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Gary H.

Amazing story of a German man, who gave his all to protect innocent Chinese from being slaughtered by the Japanese in World War 2

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Don D.

Good history movie.

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