John Rabe

You help a German businessman in 1937 Nanjing who runs a fledgling power plant. When invading troops begin slaughtering civilians, you shelter thousands in your plant grounds. This gamble puts your German identity on a collision course with wartime chaos. Florian Gallenberger frames rescue as an act of blind defiance against history’s tide.

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Florian Gallenberger directed John Rabe in 2009. See Florian Gallenberger's full filmography, where to start with Florian Gallenberger, or where to go after you've seen everything by Florian Gallenberger.

John Rabe was released in 2009 (DE original-language production), with a runtime of 134 minutes.