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John Rabe
History Needs Extraordinary Heroes
Genres
DramaHistoryWar
Overview
A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
Details
Budget
$20000000
Revenue
$0
Runtime
134 min
Release Date
2009-04-02
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
124
Vote Average
7.097
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Ulrich Tukur
John Rabe
Dagmar Manzel
Dora Rabe
Steve Buscemi
Dr. Robert Wilson
Daniel Brühl
Dr. Rosen
Zhang Jingchu
Langshu
Teruyuki Kagawa
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko
Anne Consigny
Valérie Duprès
Gottfried John
Dr. Oskar Trautmann
Mathias Herrmann
Werner Fließ
Tetta Sugimoto
Nakajima Kesago
Akira Emoto
Matsui Iwane
Arata Iura
Major Ose
Shaun Lawton
Rev. John Magee
Christian Rodska
Dr. Lewis Smythe
Fang Yu
Hsianglin Han
Christoph Hagen Dittmann
Christian Kröger
Hans-Eckart Eckhardt
Bernd Franz
Togo Igawa
Fukuda Tokuyasu
Hans-Joachim Heist
Hans Scheel
Lin Dongfu
Chiang Kai-Shek
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