Fresh
It is a tale of a true hero, even if in its minor details it's less than entirely true. For a movie with ambitions as big as "John Rabe," that doesn't just make it good. That makes it epic.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
John Rabe
History Needs Extraordinary Heroes
2009 · 2h 14m · N/A
Drama, History, War
Directed by
Florian Gallenberger
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John Rabe
Overview
A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
Director and cast
- Florian Gallenberger Director
- Ulrich Tukur as John Rabe
- Dagmar Manzel as Dora Rabe
- Steve Buscemi as Dr. Robert Wilson
- Daniel Brühl as Dr. Rosen
- Zhang Jingchu as Langshu
- Teruyuki Kagawa as Prince Asaka Yasuhiko
- Anne Consigny as Valérie Duprès
- Gottfried John as Dr. Oskar Trautmann
- Mathias Herrmann as Werner Fließ
- Tetta Sugimoto as Nakajima Kesago
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Thanks to Tukur, what we get here is still something: a stunning portrait of a good man caught in a widening inferno.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
Drawn from Rabe's diaries, the film is rich in telling and ironic details.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
One of the main virtues of John Rabe is to demonstrate that, however much we know about the worst of all wars, it still has little-known corners that can amaze us.
David Denby, New Yorker
Rotten
Despite its gruesome scenes of hundreds of Chinese prisoners of war being lined up and executed and its ostentatious shots of severed heads, the movie is less than indelible.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
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