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John Rabe
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2009 film directed by Florian Gallenberger
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John Rabe is a 2009 German-language drama film directed and written by Florian Gallenberger. The movie stars Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Brühl, Steve Buscemi, and Anne Consigny. Produced by Benjamin Herrmann, the film was created by ZDF, EOS Entertainment, Pampa Production, H&V Entertainment, and Majestic Filmproduktion. It has a runtime of 134 minutes and a budget of 20,000,000.
The narrative is set in Nanjing and focuses on John Rabe, Robert O. Wilson, Oskar Trautmann, and Yasuhiko Asaka. The plot details the true story of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese people during the Nanjing massacre in 1937–38. The film was distributed by 20th Century Studios and Netflix via video on demand. It originated in France, Germany, China, Austria, and Belgium.
Critical reception includes a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 75%, a Metacritic score of 57/100, and an IMDb rating of 7.2 from 6,806 votes. The film received 8 wins and 7 nominations. It was released on February 7, 2009, and April 2, 2009. The music was composed by Annette Focks, and the editing was handled by Hansjörg Weißbrich.
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7.1A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
Cast
- Ulrich Tukur as John Rabe
- Dagmar Manzel as Dora Rabe
- Steve Buscemi as Dr. Robert Wilson
- Daniel Brühl as Dr. Rosen
- Zhang Jingchu as Langshu
- Teruyuki Kagawa as Prince Asaka Yasuhiko
Themes
- japan
- china
- biography
- ns-zeit
- life-saver
- slaughter
- wounded
- soldier
- nanking massacre china 1937
- 1930s
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
6,806 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
75%
Metacritic
57/100
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, History
- Awards
- 8 wins & 7 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- China
- Original language
- German
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Florian Gallenberger
- Screenwriter
- Florian Gallenberger
- Composer
- Annette Focks
- Production company
- ZDF
- Narrative location
- Nanjing
- Duration
- 134
- FilmAffinity ID
- 634702
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.johnrabe.de
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- publication date
- 2009-04-02
- title
- John Rabe
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Hansjörg Weißbrich
- review score
- 57/100
- characters
- John Magee
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