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- Based on a true story, John Rabe tells the story of a German businessman who rescued more than 200,000 civilians during the so-called “Nanking Massacre” in China.
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John Rabe (released in the United Kingdom as City of War: The Story of John Rabe) is a 2009 biographical film directed by Florian Gallenberger, based upon John Rabe's published wartime diaries.
Jun 11, 2010 · The little known but true story of John Rabe, a German businessman who saved thousands of civilians during the rape of Nanking in 1937.
John Rabe: Directed by Florian Gallenberger. With Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Brühl, Steve Buscemi, Anne Consigny. 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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- Biography, Drama, History
- Florian Gallenberger
- 2009-04-02
May 20, 2010 · The German actor Ulrich Tukur brings an understated intensity and psychological depth to the title role of “John Rabe,” a sweeping historical film that exalts a largely unsung real-life hero ...
- Stephen Holden
- Florian Gallenberger
Jun 5, 2010 · It’s based on the true story of a German named John Rabe who saved thousands of Chinese from the Japanese “Rape of Nanking” in 1937.
May 20, 2010 · A historical horror story from the 1930s, John Rabe could have been made in that decade. The movie, named for a German industrialist who helped save perhaps 250,000 Chinese civilians from...
Apr 10, 2012 · April 10, 2012. John Rabe was an openly Nazi factory manager who helped establish the International Security Zone which saved thousands of lives during the cruel Japanese onslaught on Nanking...