Synopsis
Nankin, China, 1937.
While all of Europe is in the grip of Hitler's rise to power, at the other end of the world, the Japanese are undertaking to invade China. For thirty years, John Rabe has lived in Nankin, where he manages the Siemens factory that is building a gigantic generator and dam. He is informed that he is being called back to Berlin and that the factory will be handed over to Fliess, a confirmed Nazi for whom Rabe feels nothing but contempt. During the ball to celebrate Rabe's departure, Nankin is bombed by Japanese planes. The inhabitants are terrified and Rabe opens the Siemen factory gates to offer them refuge, hence saving several hundred peoples' lives.
The following day, foreign diplomats discuss the course of action to follow in this critical context and decide to set up a security zone for civilians in Nankin in order to protect the Chinese population. John Rabe is chosen to direct this zone. While the Imperial Japanese Army goes wild and commits brutalities, carries ...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (10)
Production and distribution (4)
- Co-productions : Pampa Production, France 2 Cinéma
- Foreign production companies : Hofmann & Voges Entertainment, EOS Entertainment, Majestic Filmverleih, ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
- Film exports/foreign sales : EOS Entertainment
- French distribution : Albany Films Distribution
Full credits (8)
- Screenwriter : Florian Gallenberger
- Director of Photography : Jürgen Jürges
- Music Composers : Laurent Petitgirard, Annette Focks
- Editor : Hansjörg Weissbrich
- Costume designer : Lisy Christl
- Producers : Nicolas Traube, Benjamin Herrmann
- Press Attaché (film) : Florence Narozny
- Production Designer : Tu Juhua
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Cantonese, Mandarin, German, Japanese, English, Ukrainian
- Coproducer countries : France, Germany
- Original French-language productions : No