John Rabe, le juste de Nankin

A Feature film of

Florian Gallenberger

Production year2009

French release27/04/2011

Runtime

2h 10m

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 out decapitations, murders, and rapes among the civil population, 250,000 Chinese flock to the security zone. The Japanese plan to find a pretext for attacking it. Thus begins, for Rabe and his comrades, an unceasing struggle.

Credits

Director (1)

Florian Gallenberger
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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
Nationality : Minority French (France, Germany)
Production year : 2009
French release : 27/04/2011
Runtime : 2 h 10 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 120.478
Visa issue date : 06/05/2010
Approval : Yes
Production formats : 35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 2.35
Audio format : Dolby SRD
Rating restrictions : None