John Rabe

Apr 2, 2009

2h 14m

★ 7.1

History Needs Extraordinary Heroes

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

History

War

Production Companies

EOS Entertainment

Pampa Production

H&V Entertainment

ZDF

Majestic Filmproduktion

Huayi Brothers Pictures

Atresmedia

RAI Cinema

France 2 Cinéma

Canal+

ORF

Lunaris Film

MEDIA Programme of the European Union

John Rabe Trailers

Cast

John Rabe

Ulrich Tukur

Dora Rabe

Dagmar Manzel

Dr. Robert Wilson

Steve Buscemi

Dr. Rosen

Daniel Brühl

Langshu

Zhang Jingchu

Prince Asaka Yasuhiko

Teruyuki Kagawa

Valérie Duprès

Anne Consigny

Dr. Oskar Trautmann

Gottfried John

Werner Fließ

Mathias Herrmann

Nakajima Kesago

Tetta Sugimoto

Matsui Iwane

Akira Emoto

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