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Synopsis: After 28 years building and managing a vast Siemens plant in Nanking, John Rabe is ordered by the new Nazi regime to close it down. Before he can pack, the Japanese army, lead unofficially by a bloodthirsty imperial uncle, lays siege to the city. Rabe accepts, as prominent representative of Japans' major European ally, to head the Western ex-pats society's plan to start and run an international zone, like worked in Shangai. Rabe however wants it to save his workers and their close ones, over 200,000, and sacrifices all his personal interests.
Production: Strand Releasing
  8 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
76%
Year:
2009
134 min
$100,000
Website
131 Views


He was forbidden to report

on his experiences in Nanjing.

His diaries were confiscated and

only rediscovered 60 years later.

After the war...

...John Rabe was at first refused

denazification by the Allies.

Forgotten and impoverished,

he died in Berlin in 1950.

Based on true events

Inspired by JOHN RABE

DER GUTE DEUTSCHE VON NANKING

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Florian Gallenberger

Florian Gallenberger (born 23 February 1972 in Munich) is a German film director and writer. His film Quiero ser (I want to be...) was awarded the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2001. more…

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