Germany / Feb 07, 2009 / Berlin International Film Festival
History Needs Extraordinary Heroes
2h 14min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Gottfried John | Dr. Oskar Trautmann |
| Mathias Herrmann | Werner Fließ |
| Tetta Sugimoto | Nakajima Kesago |
| Akira Emoto | Matsui Iwane |
| Arata Iura | Major Ose |
| Shaun Lawton | Rev. John Magee |
| Christian Rodska | Dr. Lewis Smythe |
| Fang Yu | Hsianglin Han |
| Christoph Hagen Dittmann | Christian Kröger |
| Hans-Eckart Eckhardt | Bernd Franz |
| Togo Igawa | Fukuda Tokuyasu |
| Hans-Joachim Heist | Hans Scheel |
| Lin Dongfu | Chiang Kai-Shek |
Genres
DramaHistoryWar
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | John Rabe |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch, English, 日本語, 普通话, 广州话 / 廣州話, Український |
| Production countries | Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | EOS Entertainment, Pampa Production, H&V Entertainment, ZDF, Majestic Filmproduktion, Huayi Brothers Pictures 浙江华谊兄弟影业, Atresmedia, RAI Cinema, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, ORF, Lunaris Film, MEDIA Programme of the European Union |
| Release date | 2 aprile 2009 |
| Executive producer | Caroline von Senden, Christer von Lindequist |
| Production | Ling Qiao, Daniel Mohr, Jan Majto, Benjamin Herrmann, Mischa Hofmann |
| Writer | Florian Gallenberger |
| Casting | Cornelia von Braun, Ji Xue Fei, Kazuo Shimizu |
| Editing | Hansjörg Weißbrich, Mary Ann Otemann, Patrick Vollrath, Bianca Stumpf, Christian Herrmann, Hari Schernthaner, Laura Wachauf, Daniel Schwerdtfeger, Bernd Hantke, Bianca Pieroth, Christoph Hutterer, Markus Erl |
| Cinematography | Jürgen Jürges, Robert Patzelt, Ruggero Rossi, Jörg Gruber, Johnny Feurer, Zhan Chao Sun, Qui Feng Sun, Kenny Lam Ping-Wah, Herbert Sporrer, Lu Qian, Jian Dang Sun, Yi Wang, Songlin Sun, Tomoko Kikuchi, Philipp Kirsamer, Lutz Reitemeier |
| Assistant directors | Andi Lang, Lars Gmehling, Lanny Dong, Hai Tao Hu, Amit Kumar, Rebecca Qin Jiang, Florian Gallenberger |
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Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Germany / Apr 02, 2009 / 12
United States / Apr 02, 2009
Austria / Apr 10, 2009 / 12
Hong Kong / Oct 24, 2009
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Netherlands / Nov 26, 2009 / 16
United Kingdom / Apr 29, 2010 / 15
France / Apr 27, 2011
Digital
Switzerland / Sep 03, 2009 / 12
Physical media
Germany / Sep 11, 2009 / 12
Netherlands / Apr 20, 2010 / 16 / DVD
TV
Germany / Oct 31, 2011 / ZDF (extended TV version)
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