# John Rabe: Sonata para un hombre bueno (2009)

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**Original title**: *John Rabe*
**Runtime**: 134 min
**Genres**: Drama, History, War
**Directed by**: Florian Gallenberger
**Written by**: Florian Gallenberger
**Starring**: Ulrich Tukur, Dagmar Manzel, Steve Buscemi, Daniel Brühl, Zhang Jingchu, Teruyuki Kagawa

> *History Needs Extraordinary Heroes*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, tender

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