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John Rabe (2009)
Plot
After 28 years building and managing a vast Siemens plant in Nanking, John Rabe is ordered by the new Nazi regime to close it down. Before he can pack, the Japanese army, lead unofficially by a bloodthirsty imperial uncle, lays siege to the city. Rabe accepts, as prominent representative of Japans' major European ally, to head the Western ex-pats society's plan to start and run an international zone, like worked in Shangai. Rabe however wants it to save his workers and their close ones, over 200,000, and sacrifices all his personal interests.
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Prince Asaka Yasuhiko: Congratulations, Major. You'll make an excellent commander one day. But I ask myself, why is it that I give orders not to take prisoners, and you arrive with thousands?::Major Ose: Please forgive me.::Japanese Officer: Your Highness.::Prince Asaka Yasuhiko: I didn't ask you to speak! [Japanese officer steps back and bows] So, Major. What do you propose?::Major Ose: Your Highness. It would be extremely difficult to execute that many prisoners.::Prince Asaka Yasuhiko: Is that so?::Major Ose: Furthermore, I believe such executions could be considered to be illegal.::Prince Asaka Yasuhiko: Illegal? I am entrusting you personally with resolving this matter once and for all. I want no prisoner alive by tomorrow morning. We will also shell the city center. Nanking must experience the superiority of our troops.
Colonel Nakajima Kesago: He disobeyed the rules by not staying in the car.::John Rabe: He didn't stay in the car? His head was cut off!::Colonel Nakajima Kesago: It was an honorable death. A contest between two officers. Very popular in Japan.::John Rabe: What contest?::Colonel Nakajima Kesago: Who decapitates the most enemies.
John Rabe: To the Führer of the German people. Chancellor Adolf Hitler. My Führer. As a loyal party member and upstanding German. I turn to you in a time of great need. The Japanese Imperial troops conquered the city of Nanking on December 12, 1937. Since then I have witnessed atrocious crimes against civilians. Please help to end this catastrophe and make an appeal to our Japanese allies in the name of humanity. With a German salute. [Rabe signs the letter]
John Rabe: Stop it! This is the safety zone. Get out and leave the women alone. [Rabe switches to German and makes a Nazi salute] We're Germans. Germans. We're Germans. [Japanese officer aims his pistol at Rabe] Help me out here, damn it!::Dr. Georg Rosen: [Rosen also makes a Nazi salute] Heil... Shitler. Heil Shitler.::John Rabe: [after resolving the situation] That's not funny.::Dr. Georg Rosen: We got through.::John Rabe: All the same, he is the Führer of the German people.::Dr. Georg Rosen: And shall I tell you what I don't find funny?::John Rabe: Yes what is it?::Dr. Georg Rosen: It also concerns the so-called Führer.::John Rabe: Listen here...::Dr. Georg Rosen: Friedrich Rosen, my father. An ambassador and foreign minister, forced to flee and die in China. Simply because my grandfather, Beethoven's best friend, no less, happened to be Jewish. My father couldn't die in the country he always lived for. That's not funny. Nor is my position as secretary. After years as embassy councillor. I should be glad to even be alive. Do you think that's funny? [Rosen makes a Nazi salute] Heil Shitler.
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| John Rabe | |
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| File:John-Rabe-poster.jpg | |
| Directed by | Florian Gallenberger |
| Produced by | Benjamin Herrmann Mischa Hofmann Jan Mojto |
| Written by | Florian Gallenberger |
| Starring | Ulrich Tukur Daniel Brühl Steve Buscemi Anne Consigny Jingchu Zhang |
| Music by | Annette Focks |
| Cinematography | Jürgen Jürges |
| Editing by | Hansjörg Weißbrich |
| Release date(s) | Germany: 2 April 2009 France: 27 April 2011 |
| Running time | 134 mins |
| Country | Germany China France |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese Cantonese Chinese German English Japanese |
| Budget | €15,151,200 ¥136,612,000 US$20,000,000 |
John Rabe (released in the UK as City of War: The Story of John Rabe[1]) is a 2009 German-Chinese-French biopictorial film directed by Florian Gallenberger and starring Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Brühl and Steve Buscemi.
It focuses upon the experiences of John Rabe, a German businessman who used his Nazi Party membership to create a protective International Safety Zone in Nanking, China, helping to save over 200,000 Chinese from the Nanking Massacre in late 1937 and early 1938. The massacre and its associated atrocities were committed subsequent to the Battle of Nanking by the invading Imperial Japanese Army after they defeated the Chinese Nationalist forces defending the city during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Based upon John Rabe's published wartime diaries, shooting for the film commenced in 2007,[2] and it premiered at the 59th Berlin Film Festival on 7 February 2009. Upon the film's release it did not receive theatrical distribution in Japan and was the subject of vociferous refutations by Japanese ultranationalists who denied the events ever took place.[3]
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The movie begins in Nanking during late 1937, where German businessman John Rabe, director of the local Siemens subsidiary, and his wife Dora have resided for almost thirty years. The thought of transferring management to his successor Fliess and returning to Berlin is a substantial professional setback for him. During the farewell ball in his honor, Nanking is bombarded by planes of the Japanese forces. Rabe opens the company gate and saves the panicked civilians.
While the fires are being put out the next morning and the damages are inspected, the remaining foreigners in the city discuss what they can do in the face of the threat. Dr. Rosen, a German Embassy Attache of partly Jewish descent, reports about Shanghai where a safety zone was established for civilians. His suggestion of a similar zone is warmly supported by his superior, Ambassador Trautmann, and Valérie Dupres, director of the International Girls College. John Rabe is nominated as the chairman of the international committee, since he is a German "ally" of the Japanese. The committee meets, though with the initial reluctance of Dr. Robert O. Wilson, the U.S. head doctor of a local hospital, who harbors ideological antipathy towards the German "Nazi" Rabe. The next day, Rabe sends his wife back to his own country. Tragically, the ship is bombed, and the passengers onboard are killed, presumably including his wife.
Meanwhile, Japanese forces have captured many National Revolutionary Army soldiers during a battle outside of Nanking. Nanking is then brutally overrun. John Rabe and the international committee however manage to have the Nanking Safety Zone recognized by the Japanese authorities. Hundreds of thousands seek refuge; more than anticipated and overstretching the committee's resources. Further atrocities follow, and every member of the committee trys their best to keep these innocent people safe. Mmme. Dupres stoutly refuses to give up the students of the Girls College.
Under all the stress, Dr. Wilson and Rabe become friends, drinking, singing, and playing the piano together. The committee celebrates Christmas. Some packages have made it to them from the outside world. Rabe even gets an unmarked one. It is a Gugelhupf cake. Rabe faints as he realizes that his wife must have sent him this, his favorite cake, as a secret message that she is safe and well. His friends rush to his aid. Dr. Wilson discovers that Rabe is diabetic and has run out of insulin. The doctor manages then to procure some vital insulin from the Japanese authorities.
Life, and survival, become more desperate in the new year. Rabe offers his last savings to buy supplies. As Japanese troops march up to the gates of the zone, Chinese civilians form human shields together with the international committee. Japanese tanks are brought into position as well, but before a shot can be fired, the horn of a steamboat signals the return of Western diplomats and journalists.
The film ends with Rabe making his farewells. Carrying a small suitcase, he is escorted by a troupe of Japanese through the ruins of Nanking to the harbor. There he is recognized and cheered by the Chinese. Finally, he is reunited with his wife on the pier.
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- Ulrich Tukur – John Rabe
- Daniel Brühl – Dr. Georg Rosen
- Steve Buscemi – Dr. Robert O. Wilson
- Jingchu Zhang – Langshu
- Anne Consigny – Valérie Dupres
- Dagmar Manzel – Dora Rabe
- Gottfried John – Trautmann
- Teruyuki Kagawa – Prince Yasuhiko Asaka
- Yu Fang – Han
- Mathias Herrmann – Jochen Fließ
- Akira Emoto – General Iwane Matsui
- Christian Rodska – Dr. Lewis Smythe
- Christoph Hagen Dittmann – Christian Kröger
- Togo Igawa – Ambassador Fukuda
- Shaun Lawton – Rev. John Magee
- Arata – Major Ose
- Tetta Sugimoto – Lieutenant-General Kesago Nakajima
- Hans-Eckart Eckhardt – German Embassy Clerk
- Hans Joachim Heist – Scheel
- Ming Li – Chang
- Yuan Wenkang – Gu
- Philipp Keller – Sailor
Most major characters are historically accurate. However, Rabe's important fellow Nanking Safety Zone committee member Minnie Vautrin, actual director of the Ginling Girls College, is substituted by a fictive French Lady Valérie Dupres of an "International Girls College".
Production[link]
"After such a long time, there should be a way of dealing differently with the responsibility they have, rather than trying to avoid it or make it disappear."
-Director Florian Gallenberger, hoping the film will trigger a new dialogue and help Japan come to terms with its past.[4]
Florian Gallenberger stated that although working with the Chinese censorship authorities was protracted, it was not impossible. The resulting film was deemed satisfactory. International Sino-Japanese politics was a more erratic interference. At one point concern about good relations because of a major gas exploration joint-venture caused production to be halted. When a Japanese school book was published without the inclusion of the Nanking Massacre however, the go-ahead was given again.[5]
Awards[link]
The film picked up over seven German Film Awards nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Gallenberger), Best Actor (Tukur) and Best Supporting Actor (for Buscemi, one of the few times that a Lola nomination has been given to a non-German citizen – Buscemi is American). It won the awards for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Production Design and Best Costume Design. Lead actor Ulrich Tukur also won the 2009 Bavarian Film Awards for Best Actor.
Japanese reaction[link]
In Japan, none of the major film companies were willing to watch the screening.[6] Florian Gallenberger also confirmed those difficulties.[5] The director was asked by one potential Japanese film distributor if they could remove all footage of Prince Asaka, who was commander of the Japanese forces in its final assault on Nanking, but the distributor was refused.[7] Asaka was the presiding officer under which the order to "kill all captives" was issued, thus providing official sanction for the Nanking Massacre.
The movie, which did not have a theatrical release in Japan and was one of several made commemorating the 70th anniversary of the events of Nanjing, met with vociferous opposition from right-wing nationalists in Japan who even released a number of Japanese films claiming that the Nanking Massacre never occurred.[3]
Other reception[link]
- United States
John Rabe received a 'fresh' rating of 75% based on 24 positive published reviews out of 32, at the aggregate movie review website Rotten Tomatoes, and a 77% audience approval rating based on over 640 votes at the same site.[8]
The movie, which has been compared to Schindler's List, also met with a favourable reception from The New York Times. Their review noted, however, that: "with its solid performances and sweeping set pieces... “John Rabe” has its visceral moments. But it is also burdened by manipulative clichés of a screenplay in which exposition outweighs character development", and also: "...it tells the story almost exclusively from a Western point of view."[9]
See also[link]
- City of Life and Death, a Chinese film also released in 2009 and about Rape of Nanking
- Georg Rosen, another notable member of the International Safety Zone Committee
- Japanese war crimes
- John Rabe
- Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall
- Nanking
- Rape of Nanking
- The Good Man of Nanking, Rabe's diaries
- Nanjing Requiem, a novel by Ha Jin
References[link]
- ^ IMDb UK title
- ^ John Rabe Cast Meets With Media, Chinaview.cn Entertainment website, attributing CriEnglish.com, November 12, 2007. Retrieved from XinhuaNet.com. (English)
- ^ a b McNeill, David. Nanjing Massacre 70th Anniversary: Looking Back In Anger, Japan Times, December 6, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
- ^ "'Good Nazi of Nanjing' Sparks Debate". BBC News. 19 March 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7907437.stm. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Interview with Florian Gallenberger". spielfilm.de. http://www.spielfilm.de/special/interviews/846/john-rabe-florian-gallenberger.html. Retrieved 3 June 2009. (German)
- ^ 南京大虐殺を描いた『ジョン・ラーベ』、日本で上映禁止 (Depicting The Rape Of Nanking, "John Rabe" Screening Banned In Japan), Japanese.China.Org.CN Society via Yahoo.jn, April 1, 2009. (Japanese)
- ^ Dowell, Pat. Shelter Under The Swastika: The John Rabe Story, National Public Radio, June 14, 2010.
- ^ John Rabe (2008), RottonTomatoes.com review website. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
- ^ Holden, Stephen. A Nazi Businessman Risks His Life to Do the Right Thing? It’s True, The New York Times, May 20, 2010.
External links[link]
- John Rabe at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Film Website
- John Rabe Peace and Communication Center Heidelberg, Germany
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