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John Rabe

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John Rabe

History Needs Extraordinary Heroes

7.1

2h 14m

2009

“History Needs Extraordinary Heroes”

Synopsis

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

Director

Florian Gallenberger

Trailer

DramaHistoryWar

japanchinabiographyns-zeitlife-saverslaughterwoundedsoldiernanking massacre china 19371930snankingwar crime

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Cast & Crew

Ulrich Tukur

Ulrich Tukur

as John Rabe

Dagmar Manzel

Dagmar Manzel

as Dora Rabe

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi

as Dr. Robert Wilson

Daniel Brühl

Daniel Brühl

as Dr. Rosen

Zhang Jingchu

Zhang Jingchu

as Langshu

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

as Prince Asaka Yasuhiko

Anne Consigny

Anne Consigny

as Valérie Duprès

Gottfried John

Gottfried John

as Dr. Oskar Trautmann

Mathias Herrmann

Mathias Herrmann

as Werner Fließ

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