

John Rabe
2009-04-02 · 134 min · ★ 7.1
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 details
- Directors
- Florian Gallenberger
- Production companies
- EOS Entertainment, Pampa Production, H&V Entertainment, ZDF, Majestic Film, Huayi Brothers Pictures, Atresmedia, RAI Cinema, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, ORF, Lunaris Film, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Beta Film
- Countries
- Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 20,000,000
Top Cast
Ulrich TukurJohn Rabe
Dagmar ManzelDora Rabe
Steve BuscemiDr. Robert Wilson
Daniel BrühlDr. Rosen
Zhang JingchuLangshu
Teruyuki KagawaPrince Asaka Yasuhiko
Anne ConsignyValérie Duprès
Gottfried JohnDr. Oskar Trautmann
Mathias HerrmannWerner Fließ
Tetta SugimotoNakajima Kesago
Akira EmotoMatsui Iwane
Arata IuraMajor Ose
Shaun LawtonRev. John Magee
Christian RodskaDr. Lewis Smythe
Fang YuHsianglin Han
Christoph Hagen DittmannChristian Kröger
Hans-Eckart EckhardtBernd Franz
Togo IgawaFukuda Tokuyasu
Hans-Joachim HeistHans Scheel
Lin DongfuChiang Kai-ShekTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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