John Rabe
John Rabe (released in the United Kingdom as City of War: The Story of John Rabe) is a 2009 biographical film directed by Florian Gallenberger, based upon John Rabe's published wartime diaries.
Plot
The film begins in Nanjing during late 1937, where German businessman John Rabe, director of the local Siemens subsidiary, and his wife Dora have resided for almost thirty years. The thought of transferring management to his successor Fliess and returning to Berlin is a substantial professional setback for him. During the farewell ball in his honour, Nanjing is bombarded by planes of the Japanese air forces. Rabe opens the company gate and saves the panicked civilians.
More details
| author | Florian Gallenberger |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Nanjing |
| director | Florian Gallenberger |
| editor | Hansjörg Weißbrich |
| events | Battle of Nanking John Rabe Nanjing Massacre Nanking Safety Zone World War II |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | air force battle brutally overrun capture dr. rosen drink georg rosen gugelhupf imperial japanese army air service japanese air forces kill morning nanjing safety zone national revolutionary army new year robert o. wilson secret message shanghai siemens sing the international |
| musicBy | Annette Focks |
| producer | Benjamin Herrmann Jan Mojto Mischa Hofmann |
| productionCompany | Antena 3 Films Canal+ France 2 Cinéma Huayi Brothers Majestic Filmproduktion ORF Rai Cinema |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| theme | biographical war |