John Rabe
“History Needs Extraordinary Heroes”
A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
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Cast
20 people
Ulrich Tukur
John Rabe
Known for
The Lives of Others
Amen.
Dagmar Manzel
Dora Rabe
Known for
Schtonk!
Crazy
Steve Buscemi
Dr. Robert Wilson
Known for
Wednesday
Monsters, Inc.
Daniel Brühl
Dr. Rosen
Known for
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Rush
Zhang Jingchu
Langshu
Known for
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Rush Hour 3
Teruyuki Kagawa
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko
Known for
Tales from Earthsea
Tokyo Sonata
Anne Consigny
Valérie Duprès
Known for
Elle
The Returned
Gottfried John
Dr. Oskar Trautmann
Known for
GoldenEye
World on a Wire
Mathias Herrmann
Werner Fließ
Also in
The Turncoat
Joyeux Noel
Tetta Sugimoto
Nakajima Kesago
Known for
Departures
Reincarnation
Akira Emoto
Matsui Iwane
Known for
Rental Family
Hanzawa Naoki
Arata Iura
Major Ose
Known for
Last Samurai Standing
After Life
Florian Gallenberger Director · Laurent Petitgirard Composer Annette Focks Composer
Budget $20M · United States release April 2, 2009 · Produced in Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain
Box office
Budget
$20,000,000
Production
EOS Entertainment
Production
Pampa Production
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H&V Entertainment
Production
ZDF
Production
Majestic Film
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Huayi Brothers Pictures
Production
Atresmedia
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RAI Cinema
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France 2 Cinéma
Production
Canal+
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ORF
Production
Lunaris Film
Production
MEDIA Programme of the European Union
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Beta Film
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Hofmann & Voges Entertainment
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Huayi Brothers Media Corporation
Production
Majestic Filmproduktion
Production
Austria · Belgium · China · France · Germany · Italy · Spain
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · Chinese · English · German · Japanese · Ukrainian
Release dates
Germany · February 7, 2009
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Germany · April 2, 2009
Theatrical
United States · April 2, 2009
Theatrical
Austria
April 10, 2009 · Theatrical
France
April 27, 2011 · Theatrical
Germany
September 11, 2009 · Physical
October 31, 2011 · TV · ZDF (extended TV version)
Hong Kong SAR China
October 24, 2009 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 26, 2009 · Theatrical
April 20, 2010 · Physical · DVD
Switzerland
September 3, 2009 · Digital
United Kingdom
April 29, 2010 · Theatrical
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