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Florian Gallenberger (writer)
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2 April 2009 (Germany) more
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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. | add synopsis
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7 wins & 4 nominations more
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(6 articles)
Indie Roundup: 'Dogging,' 'Serious,' 'Capitalism'
(From Cinematical. 8 October 2009, 2:03 PM, PDT)
Strand Gives “John” U.S. Home
(From indieWIRE. 2 October 2009, 11:13 AM, PDT)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 | ... | Colonel Nakajima Kesago |
| Akira Emoto | ... | General Matsui Iwane |
| Arata | ... | Major Ose |
 | Shaun Lawton | ... | Rev. John Magee |
| Christian Rodska | ... | Dr. Lewis Smythe |
| Gottfried John | ... | Dr. Oskar Trautmann |
| Yu Fang | ... | Hsianglin Han |
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La bei ri ji (China: Mandarin title)
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Germany:134 min (Berlin International Film Festival)
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Originally planned with Ulrich Mühe in the title role. more
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I have just watched the movie 'John Rabe' three days ago at the Berlin International Film Festival. Fortunately the director was present and kind enough to answer some questions after the screening. Thank you for that.
The movie itself is about the extraordinary achievements of the then director of Siemens Naking, John Rabe, who saved several thousand Chinese people during the Japanese assault on, and capture of the city in 1937/38.
There certainly are several similarities to the case of Oscar Schindler, whose story is well documented and was made into a movie by Steven Spielberg, but those similarities are due to the story, and not because of any semblances of the two movies...
Nevertheless, the most innovative and interesting aspect of the movie 'John Rabe' is the story, which is about this extraordinary person. The movie itself, and that's really unfortunate, is partially too declamatory and rather kitschy in some parts. Some scenes actually reminded me of sad experiences such as the movie 'Pearl Harbor'. This critique may sound a little harsh, because on the whole the movie isn't too bad, but I still think it should be mentioned.
Now, if you are able to take some kitschy love scenes and some heroic moments, you might actually enjoy this movie and be able to discover a very interesting and less known story about the Second World War...