John Rabe

John Rabe

History Needs Extraordinary Heroes

2009•2h 14m•7.1/10

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7.1/10(125)

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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Production

EOS Entertainment, Pampa Production, H&V Entertainment, ZDF, Majestic Filmproduktion, Huayi Brothers Pictures 浙江华谊兄弟影业, Atresmedia, RAI Cinema, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, ORF, Lunaris Film, MEDIA Programme of the European Union

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DE

Status

Released

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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

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Matsui Iwane

Arata Iura

Arata Iura

Major Ose

Shaun Lawton

Shaun Lawton

Rev. John Magee

Christian Rodska

Christian Rodska

Dr. Lewis Smythe

Fang Yu

Fang Yu

Hsianglin Han

Christoph Hagen Dittmann

Christoph Hagen Dittmann

Christian Kröger

Hans-Eckart Eckhardt

Hans-Eckart Eckhardt

Bernd Franz

Togo Igawa

Togo Igawa

Fukuda Tokuyasu

Hans-Joachim Heist

Hans-Joachim Heist

Hans Scheel

Lin Dongfu

Lin Dongfu

Chiang Kai-Shek

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