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John Rabe (2009/2010)
Opened: 05/21/2010 Limited
| Limited | 05/21/2010 | |
| Quad Cinema | 05/21/2010 - 06/10/2010 | 21 days |
| Laemmle's Musi... | 06/04/2010 - 06/17/2010 | 14 days |
| Laemmle's Play... | 06/04/2010 - 06/17/2010 | 14 days |
| DVD | 09/07/2010 |
Trailer: Click for trailer
Genre: Foreign Biographical War Drama (German, Japanese w/English Subtitles)
Rated: Unrated
Short Synopsis
Based on a true story, John Rabe tells the story of a German businessman who rescued more than 200,000 civilians during the so-called "Nanking Massacre" in China. Drawing from John Rabe's 1937 diaries as source material, Academy Award ® Winner Florian Gallenberger has crafted a portrait of a man revered as a saint in China to this day and yet never rewarded for his courage during his lifetime. An Official Selection at the Berlin Film Festival. Winner of 4 Golden Lolas, Germany's top film prize, for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Costume and Best Production Design.
Long Synopsis
1937. For nearly 30 years now, businessman JOHN RABE has been living with his wife DORA in the capital city of China, Nanking, where he heads the Siemens branch. It is difficult for him to hand over the reins of the branch office to his successor, WERNER FLIESS, and return to Berlin. He has learned to love the country, and he knows that while he is a man of influence here, at the Siemens headquarters in Berlin he will be only one employee among many. During the farewell ball in his honor, Nanking is bombed by Japanese airplanes following the Japanese army's capture of Shanghai. As panic breaks out, Rabe resolutely opens the company gates and offers refuge to the families of his employees.
The next morning, while the fires are being extinguished and the damage examined, the foreigners who stayed in the city discuss what they should do in this dangerous situation. The German Jew and diplomat DR. GEORG ROSEN tells them about a safety zone for civilians that was set up in Shanghai. Right away VALERIE DUPRÈS, the director of the Girls' College, thinks the idea is fantastic, and she nominates John Rabe as chairman, because as a German he's more or less an "ally" of the Japanese. Her suggestion annoys DR. ROBERT WILSON, senior physician of the local hospital, because he detests the "Nazi" Rabe. Actually, Rabe had wanted to leave for Germany the next day. But now he decides to stay, and immediately gets down to work.
While the Imperial Japanese Army unleashes a wave of brutality on the civilian population Rabe and his comrades courageously and skillfully negotiate with the Japanese and wrest a guarantee for a safety zone from them. Hundreds of thousands of people pour into the zone -- much more than expected. However, the Japanese continue to harass and attack the population, and it becomes more and more difficult to get supplies. Then the Japanese plan to use a pretence to storm the zone -- and a race against time begins for Rabe...
