Directed by:
Florian GallenbergerScreenplay:
Florian GallenbergerCinematography:
Jürgen JürgesCast:
Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Brühl, Steve Buscemi, Anne Consigny, Dagmar Manzel, Jingchu Zhang, Gottfried John, Teruyuki Kagawa, Akira Emoto (more)Plots(1)
Director Florian Gallenberger explores the crucial role that foreigners played in helping countless Chinese escape a fate worse than death in this period docudrama concerning the 1937 invasion of Nanking by the ruthless Japanese Imperial Army. Casually known by historians as the "Rape of Nanking," the relentless assault on the then-Chinese capitol found countless men, women, and children slaughtered with a ferocity that shocked the entire world. Yet, despite the violence that surrounded them, some people refused to sit by silently as the innocents perished. One of those people was German engineer and Nazi party member John Rabe, who earned the nickname "The Schindler of China" for constructing a vast safety zone in which nearly a quarter of a million civilians sought sanctuary. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Ulrich Tukur](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/658/160658180_ff7549.jpg)
Ulrich Tukur
West Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
North Face (2008)
The White Rose (1982)
![Daniel Brühl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/061/166061154_6ab18f.png)
Daniel Brühl
Spain
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
![Steve Buscemi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267418_5887f4.jpg)
Steve Buscemi
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
![Anne Consigny](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/730/160730487_8e3416.png)
Anne Consigny
France
Best movies:
Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
36th Precinct (2004)
![Dagmar Manzel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/441/158441984_e2196a.jpg)
Dagmar Manzel
East Germany
Best movies:
Cracks in the Shell (2011)
Coming Out (1989)
Willenbrock (2005)
![Jingchu Zhang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/781/160781502_6dca38.jpg)
Jingchu Zhang
China
Best movies:
Protégé (2007)
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Night and Fog (2009)
![Gottfried John](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/737/158737774_2f8d59.jpg)
Gottfried John
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995)
![Teruyuki Kagawa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274316_1efa96.jpg)
Teruyuki Kagawa
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
One Piece Film: Z (2012)
![Akira Emoto](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/343/168343483_616e6p.jpg)
Akira Emoto
Japan
Best movies:
Natsu no niwa - The Friends (1994)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Lakeside Murder Case (2004)
![Christoph Hagen Dittmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/325/159325081_2f589d.jpg)
Christoph Hagen Dittmann
West Germany
Best movies:
John Rabe (2009)
Das merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit (1998)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![井浦新](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/313/168313046_x3d388.jpg)
井浦新
Japan
Best movies:
Like Father, Like Son (2013)
True Mothers (2020)
Ping Pong (2002)
![Togo Igawa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/076/162076028_84d82a.png)
Togo Igawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Gentlemen (2019)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Tetris (2023)
Mickey Yuan
China
Best movies:
Heroes of War (2007)
John Rabe (2009)
Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield (2017)
![Mathias Herrmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/316/159316090_e2684f.jpg)
Mathias Herrmann
West Germany
Best movies:
Merry Christmas (2005)
Sotto il cielo di Roma (2010) (TV movie)
John Rabe (2009)
![Yu Fang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/689/159689720_dde5f1.jpg)
Yu Fang
China
Best movies:
Sasha (2010)
John Rabe (2009)
Speed Racer (2008)
![Christian Rodska](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/266/160266653_c099bf.jpg)
Christian Rodska
UK
Best movies:
Les Miserables (1978) (TV movie)
Sharpe's Mission (1996) (TV movie)
John Rabe (2009)
Dongfu Lin
China
Best movies:
John Rabe (2009)
The Chinese Botanist's Daughters (2006)
The White Countess (2005)
Shaun Lawton
Best movies:
The Keeper (2018)
The Tunnel (2001)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
![Takashi Nishina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/988/163988753_b90524.jpg)
Takashi Nishina
Japan
Best movies:
Brother (2000)
Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
Blood and Bones (2004)