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John Rabe -- A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
John Rabe -- A true-story account based on the diaries of the German JOHN RABE who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

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Writers:
Florian Gallenberger (writer)
Erwin Wickert (book)
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Release Date:
2 April 2009 (Germany) See more »
Genre:
Biography | Drama | History | War See more »
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History needs extraordinary heroes.
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A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Cast

  (in credits order)

Ulrich Tukur ... John Rabe

Daniel Brühl ... Dr. Georg Rosen

Steve Buscemi ... Dr. Robert Wilson

Anne Consigny ... Valérie Dupres
Dagmar Manzel ... Dora Rabe
Jingchu Zhang ... Langshu

Teruyuki Kagawa ... Prince Asaka Yasuhiko
Mathias Herrmann ... Werner Fließ
Tetta Sugimoto ... Nakajima Kesago
Akira Emoto ... Matsui Iwane
Arata ... Major Ose

Shaun Lawton ... Rev. John Magee
Christian Rodska ... Dr. Lewis Smythe
Gottfried John ... Dr. Oskar Trautmann
Fang Yu ... Hsianglin Han
Ming Li ... Chang
Dong Fu Lin ... Chiang Kai-Shek

Togo Igawa ... Fukuda Tokuyasu
Wenkang Yuan ... Gu (as Yuan Wen Kang)
Qi Yi Ming ... Wan
Tang Ye Fing ... Chinese Singer

Christoph Hagen Dittmann ... Christian Kröger
Hans-Joachim Heist ... Hans Scheel

Hans-Eckart Eckhardt ... Bernd Franz
Ito Yosaburo ... Japanese NCO
Jia Dong Liu ... Japanese Manservant
Yan Guan Ying ... Lu
Zhu Yi ... Dr. Hsü
Wu Yu Fang ... Senior Nurse
Hsinyi Liu ... Nurse
Kazuo Shimizu ... Japanese Senior Officer
Takashi Nishina ... Japanese Officer (as Nishina Takashi)
Toshihiro Yashiba ... Japanese Officer
Xia Rui Yan ... Student
Jia Shia ... Student
Wen Nan Wang ... Student
Fang Wang ... Student
Tong Jiang ... Telegraph Operator
Tomo Sora ... Japanese Lieutenant
Shinichi Takashima ... Japanese Soldier (as Takashima Shinichi)
Tracey Wie ... Ballroom Band
Yilu Huang ... Ballroom Band
Shuang Wang ... Ballroom Band
De Hui Tang ... Ballroom Band (as Yang De Hui)
Da Shu Jin ... Ballroom Band
Dong Huan Zhu ... Ballroom Band
Jiang Lei Pan ... Ballroom Band
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Andrea Sawatzki ... Valérie Dupres (voice: German version)
Eriko Miyagawa ... Mrs. Fukuda (uncredited)
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Directed by
Florian Gallenberger 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Florian Gallenberger  writer
Erwin Wickert  book editor "John Rabe: Der Gute Deurtsche von Nanking"

Produced by
Marion Dany .... line producer
Georg Gruber .... co-producer: Lunaris Film
Benjamin Herrmann .... producer
Mischa Hofmann .... producer
Xiaowan Li .... line producer: China (as Li Xiao Wan)
Christian Littmann .... line producer: ARRI Film & TV
Christoph Menardi .... co-producer: Lunaris Film
Christoph Menardi .... producer: post-production
Daniel Mohr .... associate producer
Jan Mojto .... producer
Ling Qiao .... associate producer
Nicolas Traube .... co-producer
Christer von Lindequist .... co-executive producer
Caroline von Senden .... executive producer
Zhongjun Wang .... co-producer
Josef Brandmaier .... executive: BBF (uncredited)
Manfred Burger .... executive: BBF (uncredited)
Jürgen Jerschl .... executive: BBF (uncredited)
Peter H. Rutkat .... executive: BBF (uncredited)
Zhonglei Wang .... co-producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Annette Focks 
Laurent Petitgirard 
 
Cinematography by
Jürgen Jürges (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Hansjörg Weißbrich 
 
Casting by
Cornelia von Braun 
 
Production Design by
Juhua Tu 
Xinran Tu  (as Tu Xin Ran)
 
Art Direction by
Kun Ping Mei 
Hong Wu Sun 
Jia Sun 
Marcus Wellendorf 
Yan Rong Xing 
 
Costume Design by
Lisy Christl 
 
Makeup Department
Bo A. .... hair stylist: second unit
Hyung Gon An .... special makeup artist
Xiao Ling Cai .... hair stylist assistant
Yu Che .... assistant hair stylist
Debo Chen .... makeup artist: second unit
Eun Jin Cho .... translator: special makeup department
Xiaoli Guo .... makeup artist: second unit
Chengshi Hu .... hair stylist: second unit
Yanwu Hu .... makeup artist: second unit
Ping Huang .... chief makeup artist: second unit
Ping Huang .... makeup assistant
Ju Hee Jeon .... special makeup artist
Chun Yi Jiang .... special makeup administrative assistant
Cun Jiang .... wigmaker
Jing Lan Jiang .... translator: special makeup department
Jie Jin .... makeup assistant
Kitty Kratschke .... makeup artist
Ju Hee Lee .... special makeup artist
Ju Hwan Lee .... special makeup master
Aixian Lei .... hair stylist: second unit
Hong Mei Li .... hair stylist assistant
Ning Liu .... makeup assistant
Yan Xia Liu .... hair stylist assistant
Au Qin Lv .... assistant makeup artist
Jingyao Ma .... translator: makeup department, second unit
Ze Ma .... makeup artist: second unit
Tsuyoshi Maeda .... translator: makeup department (as Yoshi Maeda)
Heike Merker .... makeup artist
Heike Merker .... makeup department head
Juan Ni .... makeup assistant
Fun Woo Park .... special makeup artist
Jin Wan Park .... special makeup artist
Ning Qin .... makeup assistant
Sheng Ran .... makeup artist: second unit
Hui Ren .... hair stylist: second unit
Jae-ho Shin .... special makeup supervisor (as Jae Ho Shin)
Ju Hee Shin .... special makeup master
Tong Tong .... makeup artist: second unit
Christie Wang .... makeup supervisor
Fei Wang .... hair stylist: second unit
Fei Wang .... makeup assistant
Qin Wang .... hair stylist: second unit
Xin Wang .... hair stylist: second unit
Chengzhi Wu .... hair stylist: second unit
Kang Mei Wu .... hair stylist assistant
Aixian Xiao .... hair stylist: second unit
Qin Chun Xiao .... makeup assistant
Shuping Zhang .... hair stylist: second unit
Shuping Zhang .... key makeup artist (as Zhang Shu Ping)
Shuxia Zhang .... makeup artist: second unit
 
Production Management
Dorissa Berninger .... production manager
Feng Deli .... production manager: second unit
De Li Feng .... production manager
Feng Gao .... unit manager
Stephan Hartwig .... post-production supervisor
Christian Held .... post-production supervisor
Linda Kornemann .... assistant production manager
Eriko Miyagawa .... assistant production supervisor
Mathias Schwerbrock .... production supervisor
Guangwen Tang .... production manager
Jürgen Tröster .... production supervisor
Hong Wang .... assistant unit manager: second unit (as Wang Hong Fu)
Hongfu Wang .... unit manager assistant
Yong Wang .... assistant production manager
Andrea Wetzel .... production manager: second unit
April YeFang .... production manager (as April Ye)
Bo Hui Zhang .... unit manager: second unit
Yi Dong Zhang .... assistant to unit manager
Wang Zhaohui .... production supervisor
Jérôme Noël .... post-production supervisor (uncredited)
Bogdan Tomassini-Buechner .... post-production supervisor (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Dietl .... creative assistant director
Lanny Dong .... second assistant director: Chinese
Tashi Dorjee .... assistant director department assistant
Echo Fu .... third assistant director
Lars Gmehling .... second assistant director
Hai Tao Hu .... first assistant director: second unit
Gamal Istiyanto .... assistant director department assistant
Riccardo Jaede .... assistant director department assistant
Amit Kumar .... second unit director
Andi Lang .... first assistant director
Rainman Lei .... assistant director department assistant
Hsinyi Liu .... additional assistant director
Sabrina Pourchasse .... assistant director department assistant
Xiao Qun Qian .... first assistant director: crowd controller
Bi Rian .... third assistant director
George Walker .... assistant director: pre-production
Kai Wei .... assistant assistant director: second unit
Daniel Zhang .... assistant director department assistant
 
Art Department
Raymond Boy .... storyboard artist
Xuexin Cao .... construction worker: second unit
Zhihui Cao .... set propman: second unit
Chengjun Chen .... props assistant: second unit
Yun Chi .... props assistant: second unit
Jie Peng Cien .... construction crew
Corazon Rial y Costas .... assistant art director
Guang Rui Cui .... props
Wu Zhong Dai .... construction crew
Zhao Lin Dai .... construction crew
Hong Yu Deng .... props
Dong Hua Du .... props
Jun Hua Du .... props
Kangsheng Dun .... props assistant: second unit
Jingqiang Fu .... set propman: second unit
Shouxiong Fu .... set propman: second unit
Wie Gao .... props
Wuyang Gao .... props assistant: second unit
Zhi Qiang Guo .... props
Chun Xi Hou .... props
Dequan Hu .... props: second unit
Desen Hu .... chief propman: second unit
Yan Wu Hu .... props
Xue Shuo Huang .... props
Xian Hui Ji .... construction crew
Guang Zhan Jiang .... props
Youwei Jiang .... props assistant: second unit
Yuan Jin Jiang .... props
Yan Jiao .... props: second unit
Zhida Jiao .... props: second unit
Hui Jin .... construction crew
Yue Ming Jin .... props
Jan Kern .... art department translator
Chang Ming Li .... construction crew
Chuan-yong Li .... assistant art director (as Li Chuan Yong)
Chuanyong Li .... art director: second unit
Faqun Li .... props assistant: second unit
Haibo Li .... props assistant: second unit
Han Li .... property master
Ming-Shan Li .... props (as Li Ming Shan)
Peiren Li .... props assistant: second unit
Pinqhuan Li .... construction worker: second unit
Qianjiang Li .... construction worker: second unit
Quanli Li .... props assistant: second unit
Jian Hua Liu .... construction crew
Li Wie Liu .... props
Lin Shan Liu .... construction crew
Linshan Liu .... construction manager: second unit
Peng Liu .... construction crew
Xingsheng Liu .... construction worker: second unit
Chunyu Lu .... props assistant: second unit
Xin Hua Lu .... props
Yuhua Ma .... props assistant: second unit
Ningning Mao .... props assistant: second unit
Shu Jin Mei .... props
Shu Kuan Mei .... props
Shu Mao Mei .... props
Wan Hao Mei .... props
Hu Meng .... property master
Zhong Yi Meng .... props
Peter Naguib .... set dresser
Zhao 'Natalie' Nali .... assistant art director (as Nali Zhao)
Fei Qi .... construction team leader
Haizhu Qin .... construction worker: second unit
Jin Yang Shen .... construction crew
Dajun Shi .... props assistant: second unit
Shu Jun Song .... props
Hai Feng Su .... props
Dong Sun .... props
Dong Zhan Sun .... props
Lishan Sun .... props assistant: second unit
Zu Hua Sun .... stand-by carpenter
Yun Yun Tang .... graphic painter
Jin Bo Tian .... props
Min Sheng Wan .... props
Mincheng Wan .... props assistant: second unit
Baocun Wang .... props: second unit
Chang Hai Wang .... props
Cherry Wang .... art department translator
Cherry Wang .... props
Cong Fan Wang .... construction crew
Dianying Wang .... construction worker: second unit
Dong Ging Wang .... props
Dong Li Wang .... props
Guoyun Wang .... construction worker: second unit
He Gen Wang .... brick layer master
Hui Biao Wang .... props
Ning Wang .... props: second unit
Xue Jun Wang .... painting master
Yong Wang .... property master
Yunju Wang .... props assistant: second unit
Rachel Weng .... art department coordinator
Hao Wu .... props
Jian Zhuang Wu .... construction crew
Li Xin Xie .... construction crew
Xin Sheng Xie .... construction manager
Yanrong Xing .... art director: second unit
Chengshen Xu .... construction worker: second unit
Jing Qing Xu .... props
Ke Xu .... art department assistant: Iceland
Ping Xu .... props assistant: second unit
Shiqing Xu .... propman: second unit
Xiaoguang Xu .... props assistant: second unit
Zhiyuan Xu .... construction worker: second unit
Hou Wen Yao .... props
Sheng Li Yao .... construction crew
Chai Yong .... props
Baoquan Zhang .... props assistant: second unit
Chuan Ming Zhang .... construction crew
Hao Zhang .... props
Hua Chun Zhang .... construction team leader
Ji Ming Zhang .... construction crew
Jianmin Zhang .... props assistant: second unit
Li Ming Zhang .... construction crew
Longgen Zhang .... construction worker: second unit
Peng Zhang .... props
Qing Zhang .... props assistant: second unit
Tian Yi Zhang .... props
Wei Zhang .... props (as Zhang Wei Jie)
Wei Chao Zhang .... props
Wenhe Zhang .... props assistant: second unit
Yan Qing Zhang .... props
Weizheng Zhao .... props assistant: second unit
Wie Zhao .... unit construction manager
Yu Cun Zhao .... construction team leader
Zhi Yuan Zhao .... props
Jinliang Zhou .... props assistant: second unit
Lanqing Zhou .... props: second unit
Lanying Zhou .... props: second unit
Qun Zhou .... props
Bo Zeng Zong .... construction crew
 
Sound Department
Teodor Ardeleanu .... additional boom operator
Philipp Baur .... assistant sound engineer
Christian Bischoff .... sound re-recording mixer
Sophie Brustmann .... foley production assistant: Wavefront Studios
Olivier Burgaud .... boom operator
Tschangis Chahrokh .... sound re-recording mixer
Chao Chen .... sound assistant: second unit
Bernd Clauss .... sound department leader
Florian Feichtmeier .... adr boom operator: Dubbing Brothers
Freddy Fleing .... second foley recordist: Wavefront Studios
Wolfgang Hess .... adr lipsync editor: Dubbing Brothers
Achim Hofmann .... assistant sound engineer
Mario Hubert .... sound designer
Philippe Jantet .... adr boom operator: France, Dubbing Brothers
Monika Kleinhans .... adr lipsync editor: Dubbing Brothers (as Monika Kleinhass)
Stephan Kleinschmidt .... adr executive producer: Dubbing Brothers
Peter Klinkenberg .... second foley artist: Wavefront Studios
Sebastien Lacheray .... adr lipsync editor: France, Dubbing Brothers
Dong Liao .... sound assistant: second unit
Henry Mayr .... sound project coordinator
Alexander Meister .... adr recordist: Dubbing Brothers
Manu Mertens .... adr recordist: France, Dubbing Brothers
Ling Miao .... sound department translator
Ling Miao .... sound department video operator
Heiko Müller .... sound designer
Roland Platz .... foley artist: Wavefront Studios
Roland Platz .... foley editor: Wavefront Studios
Roland Platz .... foley recordist: Wavefront Studios
Laurent Poirier .... additional sound recordist
Hui Qi .... additional boom operator
Chris Rebay .... dialogue editor: Wavefront Studios (as Chrissi Rebay)
Chris Rebay .... sound designer (as Chrissi Rebay)
Peter Sattler .... second foley editor: Wavefront Studios
Patricia Schuldey .... adr lipsync editor: Dubbing Brothers
Guillaume Sciama .... sound recordist
Petra Van Laak .... translator: adr, Dubbing Brothers
Daniel Vogl .... sound technical supervisor
Florian von Frenckell .... sound producer: post-production
Elisabeth von Molo .... adr director: Dubbing Brothers
Hanjing Wang .... additional boom operator
Yong Wang .... sound recordist: second unit
Oliver Wiegand .... adr production manager: Dubbing Brothers
Hong Xu .... additional sound recordist
Wan Fang Zhang .... cable man
Norbert Zich .... dolby consultant
David Arnold .... adr recordist (uncredited)
Mark DeSimone .... adr mixer: New York (uncredited)
Didier Lozahic .... sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Mathias Maydl .... sound post-production mixer (uncredited)
Jan Petrov .... adr recordist (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Jiyou Bing .... special effects assistant: second unit
Xueli Liang .... special effects assistant: second unit
Haiffeng Wang .... special effects assistant: second unit
Jun Wang .... special effects assistant: second unit
Jianchao Yang .... special effects assistant: second unit
Kui Yang .... assistant special effects master
Kui Yang .... assistant special effects: explosion, second unit
Xing Yun Yin .... sepcial effects master: explosion
Xingyun Yin .... special effects master: explosion, second unit
Kun Zhang .... special effects assistant: second unit
 
Visual Effects by
Gregoite Barfety .... cg artist
Christian Deister .... cg artist
Willy Delgado .... scanning: Arriscan, ARRI Film & TV
Nils Engler .... cg artist
Sijia Fan .... on-set visual effects assistant: China
Stefan Galleithner .... technical director
Christoph Gaudl .... senior matchmover
Geoffrey Grafwallner .... digital i/o supervisor: ARRI Film & TV
Thomas Grummt .... animator
Joachim Grüninger .... visual effects supervisor
Michael Hackl .... project coordinator: high definition mastering. ARRI Film & TV
Erich Harrant .... high definition o/c: ARRI Film & TV
Viktoria Herberts .... compositor
Ulrich Hochleitner .... high definition transfer: ARRI Film & TV
Angelika Hoppe .... high definition o/c: ARRI Film & TV
Kathie Klippe .... film recorder: Arrislaser, ARRI Film & TV (as Kathi Klippe)
Patrick Lehn .... modeling
Alex Lemke .... digital effects artist (as 'The' Alex Lemke)
Markus Mastaller .... scanning: Arriscan, ARRI Film & TV
Dirk Mauche .... modeling
Andreas Menn .... visual effects editor
Jakob Montrasio .... on-set visual effects assistant: China
Martin Saechsinger .... cg artist
Daniel Schaefer .... matchmove (as Daniel Schaeffer)
Rolf Schneider .... matchmove
Christian Schnellhammer .... research and development
Ania Senckpiehl .... high definition transfer: ARRI Film & TV (as Anja Senckpiehl)
Martin Sippel .... lustre assistant: ARRI Film & TV
Nando Stille .... technical director
Sascha Stiller .... film recorder: Arrislaser, ARRI Film & TV
Steven Stueart .... scanning: Arriscan, ARRI Film & TV
Denis Trutanic .... matchmove
Christian Wieser .... compositor (as Chris Wieser)
Klaus Wuchta .... compositor
Tobias Wiesner .... digital compositor (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Jianguang Gao .... stunt player
Guo Ming Li .... stunt coordinator: second unit
Xiangguo Li .... assistant stunt coordinator: second unit
Kejun Liu .... stunt player
Li Guo Min .... stunt coordinator
Changling Wu .... stunt player
Litong Zhai .... stunt player
Stefan Morawietz .... lead stunt double (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Fahu Cao .... lighting assistant: second unit
Guo Hao Cao .... electrician
Guo Qiang Cao .... best boy
Guo Xiang Cao .... electrician
Guohao Cao .... best boy: second unit
Jili Cao .... lighting assistant: second unit
Yongan Cao .... lighting assistant: second unit
Yongli Cao .... lighting assistant: second unit
Zhi Ping Cao .... electrician
Chunming Chen .... lighting assistant: second unit
Vivien Chen .... video operator
Zhong Chen .... camera runner: second unit
Zhong Chen .... focus puller: "b" camera, second unit (as Zhong Chen)
Lam Chunwan .... gaffer: second unit
Wolfgang Dell .... gaffer
Xinchao Dong .... lighting assistant: second unit
Xinrui Dong .... lighting assistant: second unit
Zhen Dong .... electrician
Johnny Feurer .... focus puller: "b" camera
Raphael Fink .... best boy
Jörg Gruber .... additional still photographer
Jörg Gruber .... focus puller: "a" camera
Xiang Yang Han .... camera runner
Qi Xiang Hu .... video operator
Gong Li Huang .... electrician
Kai Huang .... video operator
Meng Jiang .... lighting master
Tomoko Kikuchi .... still photographer
Philipp Kirsamer .... camera operator: "b" camera, second unit
Philipp Kirsamer .... camera operator: "c" camera
Chun Ming Jimmy Kwok .... focus puller: "a" camera, second unit
Kenny Lam .... camera operator: "c" camera (as Kenny Lam Ping Wah)
Kenny Lam .... director of photography: second unit (as Kenny Lam Ping Wah)
Kowok Lam .... focus puller: "c" camera (as Kwok Lam Ping Jimmy)
Li Lee .... translator: lighht department
Chunlei Li .... lighting assistant: second unit
Jingti Li .... camera runner
Leonardo Lu .... translator: grip department
Robert Patzelt .... camera operator
Robert Patzelt .... steadicam operator
Lu Qian .... second camera assistant
Lutz Reitemeier .... camera operator:
Ruggero Rossi .... additional still photographer
Lin San .... assistant key grip
Qing Wie Shao .... electrician
Herbert Sporrer .... key grip
Hongbao Sun .... camera assistant: second unit
Jian Sun .... lighting assistant: second unit
Jian Dang Sun .... grip
Jian Dang Sun .... lighting assistant: second unit
Jian Ling Sun .... camera runner
Jianshan Sun .... grip assistant: second unit
Junqiang Sun .... loader: second unit
Mengjun Sun .... grip assistant: second unit
Quan-Ming Sun .... loader (as Sun Quan Ming)
Qui Feng Sun .... grip
Songlin Sun .... key grip: second unit
Songmin Sun .... assistant key grip
Songmin Sun .... key grip: second unit
Songwei Sun .... grip assistant: second unit
Yunhao Sun .... grip assistant: second unit
Zhan Chao Sun .... grip
Yi Wang .... second camera assistant
Bruce San Feng Zhang .... translator: light department (as Bruce Zhang)
Jun Zhang .... electrician (as Zhang Jun Feng)
Rongjian Zhang .... camera runner: second unit
Sam Yun Hui Zhang .... camera department translator (as Sam Zhang)
 
Animation Department
Lutz Lemke .... animator: title
 
Casting Department
Ji Xue Fei .... casting: China
Xuefei Ji .... assistant casting director: second unit
Linda Kornemann .... extras casting: Western
Jin Wen Qing .... assistant casting director: China
Alexander Schulz .... adr voice casting
Kazuo Shimizu .... casting: Japan
Barbie Yang .... assistant casting director: China
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Senay Ay .... assistant costume designer: prep
Anna Brandt .... wardrobe
Anna Brandt .... wardrobe: second unit
Xiao Ling Chen .... wardrobe supervisor: extras
Fu En Chu .... wardrobe: extras
Fuen Chu .... wardrobe: exytras, second unit
Guang Rui Cui .... wardrobe assistant
Guangrui Cui .... wardrobe assistant: second unit
Shu Hui Cui .... seamstress
Peng Deng .... wardrobe: extras
Brigitte Fink .... costume supervisor (as Brigitta Fink)
Yi Min Fu .... seamstress
Joanna Gallenberger .... costume coordinator
Jun Guan .... costume ager
Chengjun Guo .... wardrobe assistant: second unit
Jihua Hiang .... wardrobe assistant: second unit
Ji Hua Huang .... wardrobe: military
Chuan Wang Jia .... wardrobe: extras
Wei Long Ju .... wardrobe assistant
Weilong Ju .... wardrobe: extras, second unit
Yan Ying Li .... washing
Xu Liu .... costumer: boys
Jingyai Ma .... translator: wardrobe department, second unit
Rong Mei Ni .... seamstress
Connie Oettl .... aging supervisor
Jin Fang Qiao .... wardrobe: main cast
Yun Jie Qiao .... costumer: boys
Gioia Raspé .... costume supervisor: prep
Natalia Riede .... key wardrobe
Xin Wie Shao .... costume ager
Xingwei Shao .... wardrobe assistant: second unit
Haifeng Wang .... wardrobe: extras, second unit
Jingyao Wang .... wardrobe assistant: second unit
Xuewen Wang .... wardrobe: extras, second unit
Fu Hua Xie .... wardrobe assistant
Meng Xie .... assistant costume designer (as Meg Xie)
Ming Di Yang .... wardrobe assistant
Mingti Yang .... wardrobe: extras, second unit
Chang You Yu .... head tailor
Chun Xiang Yu .... seamstress
Qing Yun .... wardrobe supervisor
Lu Zhang .... assistant costume supervisor
 
Editorial Department
Dierk Beck von Rohland .... post-production consultant
Markus Erl .... digital intermediate editor
Bernd Hantke .... assistant editor
Natalie Helgath .... high definition colorist (as Nathalie Helgath)
Christian Herrmann .... digital intermediate producer
Christoph Hutterer .... additional assistant editor
Mary Ann Otemann .... colorist
Laura Richter .... additional assistant editor
Hari Schernthaner .... head of digital intermediate
Daniel Schwerdtfeger .... colorist: dailies
Bianca Stumpf .... digital colorist
Patrick Vollrath .... additional assistant editor
 
Music Department
Mathieu Alvado .... music copyist
Patrick Aumigny .... music producer
Philippe Avril .... music engineer
Rolf Josef Becker .... music arranger: ballroom songs
Rolf Josef Becker .... musician: ballroom songs
Michel Bernier .... musician: clarinet soloist
Orchestre Colonne .... musicians: choir
Cecile Coutelier .... assistant music sound engineer (as Cécile Coutelier)
Ferran Cruixent .... music preparation
Ferran Cruixent .... orchestrator
Henri Demarquette .... musician: cello soloist
Samuel Domergue .... musicial: percussion
Veronique Duval .... music copyist
Annette Focks .... music arranger
Yilu Huang .... musician: ballroom songs
Gilles Kasic .... orchestra director
Nicolas Montazaud .... musician: percussion
Jiang Lei Pan .... musician: ballroom songs
Laurent Petitgirard .... artistic director: music
Laurent Petitgirard .... conductor
Laurent Petitgirard .... music arranger
Laurent Petitgirard .... orchestrator
Avril Philippe .... music engineer
Avril Philippe .... music mixer
Avril Philippe .... music recording engineer
Avril Philippe .... music sound engineer
Sebastian Röder .... pro tools operator prep (as Sebastian Roeder)
Enrique Ugarte .... music preparation
Enrique Ugarte .... orchestrator
Jean Vianney .... orchestra director
Barry Wedgle .... musician: ballroom songs
Tracey Wie .... musician: ballroom songs
De Hui Yang .... musician: ballroom songs
Dong Huan Zhu .... musician: ballroom songs
 
Transportation Department
Yin Dong .... transportation master
Jun Guo .... transportation manager: second unit
Shengde Jiang .... assistant transportation manager: second unit
Jun Li .... transportation master
Leo Liu .... transportation captain
Qiu Dong Zhang .... transportation master
 
Other crew
Ning Shi Ao .... location set assistant
Sheng Qiang Bai .... assistant location manager
Jan Sebastian Ballhaus .... production consultant
Alexander Barthel .... sales: ARRI Film & TV
Bjoern S. Berger .... script continuity (as Björn S. Berger)
Frank Beune .... marketing: Majestic
Andreas Brey .... representative: DZ Bank
Walter Brus .... director national sales: ARRI Film & TV
Ernst Buchrucker .... legal affairs: EOS Entertainment
Brogdan Büchner .... clearances: post-production and rights
Anna Bütow .... assistant to the producer: Hofmann & Voges Entertainment
Jezabel Capri .... script collaboration: Pampoa Production
Frank Chen .... translator: military consultants
Marion Craemer .... executive assistant to the producer: EOS Entertainment
David Dietl .... making of
Lei Du .... location set assistant
Konrad Ege .... archive researcher
Franz Esterhazy .... development: EOS Entertainment
Annette Euler-Chelpin .... cargo coordinator
Chris Evert .... production service: Producers Unit
Yu Fang .... translator: script
Chris Gao .... production office coordinator
Kai Rong Gao .... location set assistant
Ulrike Gessner .... production coordinator: EOS Entertainment
Kristian Golder .... representative: Kodak
Franz Gossler .... insurance agent: Assekuranzmakler F. Gossler (as Franz Gossler Jr.)
Dagmar Graef .... legal affairs: Lunaris Film
Jiangwei Han .... pre-production consultant
Hong Bin He .... production cashier
Pascal Henriquet .... production accountant: Pampa Production
Sheng Han Hu .... location set assistant
Wenqing Jia .... cargo service: China
Xiaodong Jia .... production accountant
'Rebecca' Qin Jiang .... bilingual continuity (as Rebecca Jiang)
'Rebecca' Qin Jiang .... continuity: second unit (as Rebecca Jiang)
Zong Yi Jiang .... location manager: second unit
Zong Yi Jiang .... location manager
Laiqiu Jie .... production assistant: second unit
Bo Jin .... assistant catering manager: second unit
Phanmany Keomany .... assistant accountant: Hofmann & Voges Entertainment
Norbert Klingner .... legal counsel
Martina Knabe .... executive assistant to the producer: EOS Entertainment
Mario Kohrt .... business affairs: EOS Entertainment
Jussuf Koschier .... production consultant (as Josef Koschier)
David Kratz .... business affairs: EOS Entertainment
Uwe Kräuter .... pre-production consultant (uncredited)
Lutz Lemke .... title designer
Hua Li .... production assistant: second unit
Sheng Xi Li .... location set assistant
Xianbing Li .... production assistant: second unit
Xiangwu Li .... production assistant: second unit
Xiaojie Li .... production assistant: second unit
Zhang Jiang Li .... location set assistant
James Liao .... production assistant trainee
Long Lin .... assistant location manager
Yuanbao Lin .... production assistant: second unit
Hsinyi Liu .... assistant to the director
Kang Liu .... cargo service: China
Leo Liu .... catering: Western
Meng Liu .... location set assistant
Ning Liu .... location set assistant
Shousong Liu .... catering manager: second unit
Andreas Lohmann .... travel agent: Televisa Reiseservice
Zhou Manyu .... production assistant: second unit
Anne Massiot .... assistant to the producer: Pampa Production
Christoph Menardi .... funding coordinator: Hofmann & Voges Entertainment
Fan Hua Meng .... assistant location manager
Britta Meyermann .... assistant to the producer: Majestic Filmproduktion
Eriko Miyagawa .... japanese liaison
Heather Moers .... translator: script
Marysette Moisset .... legal affairs: Pampa Production
Andrew Mollo .... military consultant
Marie Paule Oberhauser .... production coordinator: EOS Entertainment
Andreas Peschel-Mehner .... legal services: Kanzlei Schwarz Kelwing Wicke Westpfahl
Felicitas Piwaronas .... archive researcher
Xingcue Qian .... production assistant: second unit
Julia Radke .... production coordinator
Sophie Ravard .... production coordinator: Pampa Production
Angela Reedwisch .... key account manager: ARRI Film & TV
Angie Reichenberger .... project coordinator: ARRI Film & TV (as Angela Reichenberger)
Josef Reidinger .... head of feature and tv drama: ARRI Film & TV
Christian Richter .... representative: Kodak
Gerlinde Richter .... accountant: post-production
Justus Riesenkampff .... legal affairs: EOS Entertainment
Ulrich Sauer .... accountant: Hofmann & Voges Entertainment
Alexandra Schlüter .... marketing: Majestic
Tamara Schmahl .... assistant to the producer: Hofmann & Voges Entertainment
Herbert Schroder .... business affairs: EOS Entertainment
Andreas Schumann .... production accountant
Mathias Schwerbrock .... production service: Producers Unit
Petra Schwuchow .... unit publicist: Limelight PR
Friederike Sell .... assistant: Marion Dany & Max von Sydow, Hofmann & Voges Entertainment
Fanchao Shang .... production assistant: second unit
Liqi Shang .... production assistant: second unit
Allen Shen .... translator: military consultants
Sibylle Spindler .... assistant: Western cast
Enrico Squeri .... military consultant (as Rick Squeri)
Alexander Stegner .... aerial attack consultant
Dorothee Stoewahse .... publicity: EOS Entertainment
Ming Rui Tai .... location set assistant
Wen Qi Tang .... location set assistant
Andreas Thomas .... project coordinator: dailies, ARRI Film & TV
Friederike Vogel .... legal affairs trainee: Hofmann & Voges Entertainment
Christer von Lindequist .... head of production: EOS Entertainment
Max von Sydow .... legal affairs: Hofmann & Voges Entertainment
Hai Sheng Wang .... assistant location manager
Hong Wang .... production accountant: second unit
Hongxing Wang .... production assistant: second unit
Juncai Wang .... production assistant: second unit
Junqi Wang .... production assistant: second unit
Rainbow Wang .... production accountant
Weidong Wang .... production assistant: second unit
Wencheng Wang .... production assistant: second unit
Wendy Wang .... production assistant
Wu Wang .... location set assistant
Xinyuan Wang .... assistant to director: second unit
Yong Wang .... location set assistant
Yongcheng Wang .... production assistant: second unit
Gabi Weigand .... executive assistant to the producer: EOS Entertainment
Andrea Wetzel .... production coordinator: Hofmann & Voges Entertainment
Deike Wilhelm .... marketing: EOS Entertainment
Konstanze Winkler .... marketing: EOS Entertainment
Eva Wolf .... executive assistant to the producer: EOS Entertainment
Bernd Wolf-Knott .... tax consultant: Adlatus Steuerberatung
Huanrong Wu .... head armorer: second unit
Dale Wyatt .... dialogue coach
Hua Wie Xiong .... location set assistant
Xinjun Xue .... production assistant: second unit
Bernard Yang .... head of production: Huayi Brothers Media Corporation
Shujin Yang .... production assistant: second unit
Shi Ying .... assistant: Steve Buscemi
Susan Zha .... production office coordinator
Dajun Zhang .... head of production: Huayi Brothers Media Corporation
Genhua Zhang .... production assistant: second unit
Jidong Zhang .... production assistant: second unit
Shengli Zhang .... production assistant: second unit
Yi Dong Zhang .... location set assistant
Jie Zhao .... production accountant
Shujun Zhao .... production assistant: second unit
Manyu Zhou .... production assistant: second unit
Manyu Zhou .... unit coordinator: second unit
Brigitte Zifreind .... accountant: EOS Entertainment
 
Thanks
Josef Brandmaier .... executive (bbf )
Thorsten Wirth .... the producers wish to thank
 

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Also Known As:
"City of War: The Story of John Rabe" - UK
"John Rabe" - France (imdb display title)
"La bei ri ji" - China (Mandarin title)
"John Rabe" - Belgium (imdb display title)
"John Rabe" - Argentina (festival title)
"John Rabe - O Negociador" - Portugal
"Son kahraman" - Turkey (Turkish title) (imdb display title)
"Sonata para un hombre bueno" - Mexico (festival title)
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Runtime:
134 min
Country:
France | China | Germany
Language:
Cantonese | Mandarin | German | Japanese | English | Ukrainian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | UK:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:MA (2011) | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:M18
Filming Locations:
Nanjing, Jiangsu, ChinaSee more »
Company:
Hofmann & Voges Entertainment GmbHSee more »

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Trivia:
Shanghai doubled up for Nanking in 1937. Although Shanghai is an ultra-modern city, it also has many pockets of underdeveloped real estate that have barely changed from the war years.See more »
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the safety zone is being established, a banner is being hung over the portal. The mis-spelled inscription reads "INTERNATIONAL SAFTY ZONE".See more »
Quotes:
Colonel Nakajima Kesago:He disobeyed the rules by not staying in the car.
John Rabe:He didn't stay in the car? His head was cut off!
Colonel Nakajima Kesago:It was an honorable death. A contest between two officers. Very popular in Japan.
John Rabe:What contest?
Colonel Nakajima Kesago:Who decapitates the most enemies.
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6 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
A Dramatic Tribute to john Rabe and Associates, 28 June 2011
Author: gradyharp from United States

'To the Führer of the German people. Chancellor Adolf Hitler. My Führer. As a loyal party member and upstanding German. I turn to you in a time of great need. The Japanese Imperial troops conquered the city of Nanking on December 12, 1937. Since then I have witnessed atrocious crimes against civilians. Please help to end this catastrophe and make an appeal to our Japanese allies in the name of humanity. With a German salute, John Rabe ' This is an actual letter, unheeded, that along with the diaries of John Rabe provide the story for this deeply moving film about the Japanese destruction of Nanking as gathered in the book "John Rabe: Der Gute Deutsche von Nanking" edited by Erwin Wickert and adapted for the screen and directed by the immensely gifted Florian Gallenberger. Having just seen Chuan Lu's 'City of Life and Death', a brilliant black and white Chinese epic film about this same period of history, it is doubly troubling to view this shameful piece of history. JOHN RABE is after all a biography of the man the Chinese still regard as a saint for providing shelter of thousands of victims of the rape of Nanking and as such we learn much more about the German machinations in the event than in Chuan's film. Burt there is a similarity of distinction: in both films the writer/director shows that both sides of the atrocity had heroes and champions.

The film shares the writing of the diary kept by John Rabe during this time frame and follows his diary as the story line. Rabe (Ulrich Tukur in a brilliant performance) was living with his wife Dora (Dagmar Manzell) in Nanking for 27 years as the head of the Siemens Factory, a German resource for construction in China. They were loyal to Germany, were members of the Nazi party, but lived the good life in the city: Rabe was a compassionate but focused director of the Chinese employees. He is to be retired by the Germans and replaced by a rigid, seemingly evil Werner Fliess (Mathias Herrmann). On the night of his tender farewell party the Japanese attack and it soon becomes apparent that Prince Asaka Yasuhiko (Teruyuki Kagawa) plans to decimate the city. There are others from other nations who are working Nanking - in the university, Valérie Dupres (Anne Consigny), in the hospital, Dr. Robert Wilson (Steve Buscemi), and in the German Embassy, the Jewish lawyer Dr. Georg Rosen (Daniel Brühl) - as well as Chinese aligned with Rabe, Langshu (Jingchu Zhang). When it becomes obvious that the Japanese will slaughter all the populace of the city, John Rabe gathers as many Chinese as he can into a Safety Zone where no soldiers or weapons are allowed, only the support with food and medical attention and beneficence Rabe is able to gather. The atrocities and bombings continue until the very existence of the Safety Zone is vulnerable. Rabe's gathering of the forces around him to protect as many citizens as he can, despite his own gradual physical failure due to his diabetes and lack of insulin, gains him the respect and admiration and love of the people of Nanking.

The film spares no images of the mass executions, the beheadings, and the sexual abuse and torture of the people of Nanking by the Japanese. Much of the film is difficult to watch. But even more tragic is the discovery of the information after the film is complete that John Rabe (as well as Dr. Georg Rosen) returned to Germany as undesirables in 1938 and died in poverty and abandonment by the Germans. The cast is exemplary: many fine cameo roles played by fine actors make this film as touching than the main story. This is a very fine cinematic achievement and deserves a global audience.

Grady Harp

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