A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
Acting
Ulrich Tukur's trembling humanity in impossible choices.
Production
$20M budget, massive Nanjing set built from scratch.
Director
Florian Gallenberger
Ulrich Tukur
John Rabe
Dagmar Manzel
Dora Rabe
Steve Buscemi
Dr. Robert Wilson
Daniel Brühl
Dr. Rosen
Zhang Jingchu
Langshu
Teruyuki Kagawa
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko
Anne Consigny
Valérie Duprès
Gottfried John
Dr. Oskar Trautmann
Mathias Herrmann
Werner Fließ
Tetta Sugimoto
Nakajima Kesago
Akira Emoto
Matsui Iwane
Arata Iura
Major Ose
Shaun Lawton
Rev. John Magee
Christian Rodska
Dr. Lewis Smythe
Fang Yu
Hsianglin Han
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 600-page Rabe diary was discovered in 1996, buried in a German archive. His former home in Nanjing is now a museum.
The film sparked controversy in Japan where right-wing groups denied the massacre's scale; Chinese audiences praised it while questioning why a German needed to be the hero.
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