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Whoever saves a life saves the entire world

FLORIAN GALLENBERGER (DIRECTOR) Born in Munich in 1972, Gallenberger studied directing at the renowned Munich Academy of Television and Film. He won the Academy Award in 2001 with his graduation film ”Quiero ser“. Gallenberger’s debut feature, ”“ (2005), won the Bavarian Film Award as Best First Feature Film.

Based on a true story

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Girls’ College, thinks the idea is fantastic, and she nomi- SHORT SYNOPSIS nates John Rabe as chairman, also because as a German he’s more or less an “ally” of the Japanese. Her suggestion For nearly 30 years now, businessman JOHN annoys DR. WILSON, senior physician of the local hospital, 1937. RABE has been living with his wife DORA in the because he detests the “Nazi” Rabe. Actually, Rabe had capital city of China, Nanking, where he heads the Siemens wanted to leave for the next day. But now he branch. It is difficult for him to hand over the reins of the decides to stay, and immediately gets down to work. branch office to his successor, FLIESS, and return to . He has learned to love the country, and he knows that while While the unleashes a wave of he is a man of influence here, at the Siemens headquarters brutality on the civilian population Rabe and his comrades in Berlin he will be only one employee among many. During courageously and skillfully negotiate with the Japanese and the farewell ball in his honor, Nanking is bombed by Japanese wrest a guarantee for a safety zone from them. Hundreds airplanes following the Japanese army’s of thousands of people pour into the capture of . As panic breaks zone – much more than expected. THE PRODUCTION out, Rabe resolutely opens the company However, the Japanese continue to ith images of unwavering bravery, infinite compassion gates and offers refuge to the families harass and attack the population, and and gut-wrenching intensity, Academy Award-winning of his employees. it becomes more and more difficult to W director Florian Gallenberger (Quiero Ser, Shadows of Time) get supplies. Then the Japanese plan describes a wartime chapter nearly forgotten in the West: The next morning, while the fires are to use a pretense to storm the zone – the role played by foreigners in the 1937 invasion of Nanking. being extinguished and the damage and a race against time begins for Shot on original locations and in Shanghai and based on examined, the foreigners who stayed Rabe... Rabe’s diaries, the film stars Ulrich Tukur (The Lives of in the city discuss what they should do in this dangerous Others), Steve Buscemi (Fargo, Armageddon), Daniel Brühl situation. The German Jew and diplomat DR. ROSEN tells (Good Bye Lenin!, Inglorious Basterds) and up-and-coming them about a safety zone for civilians that was set up in Chinese star Zhang Jingchu (Peacock, Rush Hour 3). Shanghai. Right away VALERIE DUPRES, the director of the

ZHANG JINGCHU (LANGSHU) Zhang Jingchu plays Langshu, a student at Nanking’s girls’ school, who fearlessly documents the Japanese atrocities with her camera. ANNE CONSIGNY DANIEL BRÜHL The newly crowned queen of Chinese films, (VALERIE DUPRES) (DR. GEORG ROSEN) Zhang made her impressive film debut in Anne Consigny plays Valérie Duprès, the Daniel Brühl plays the Jewish German “Peacock”, which won the “Silver Bear“ at headmistress of Nanking’s Girls’ College. diplomat Dr. Georg Rosen, who helps the Berlin International Film Festival in French-born Anne Consigny has been a John Rabe set up the security zone. 2005. “Zhang displays a smouldering much-applauded stage actress for many Born in Barcelona in 1978, Daniel Brühl luminosity that keeps the camera longing years now and only relatively recently became one of the most successful young for her even after she has exited the scene“, ULRICH TUKUR STEVE BUSCEMI launched her screen career. She was stars in Germany after his breakout role in wrote TIME magazine. Zhang has also (JOHN RABE) (DR. ROBERT WILSON) nominated for a César for her role in “Schlaraffenland“. After winning a German starred in “Seven Swords“ and “Jade “Not Here To Be Loved“ and starred in Film Award as Best Actor in 2002, he made Warrior“, and continues to light up the Ulrich Tukur plays John Rabe, Steve Buscemi plays American doctor Julian Schnabel’s 2008 Cannes winner his international breakthrough in “Good screen in Chinese and international films. the German businessman who Robert O. Wilson, head of Nanking’s hos- “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly“. Bye Lenin“, for which he received helped save over 250,000 pital, who helped Rabe protect innocent another as civilians during the “Rape of citizens when the Imperial Japanese well as a European Film Award. Nanking” in 1937. army invaded China’s capital. One of the most visible young One of Germany’s leading American star Steve Buscemi German actors of today, he has stage and screen stars, Tukur was born in New York in 1957 appeared in such outstanding began showing an affinity for and has starred in such memo- films as “Love in Thoughts“, historical, socio-critical reality- rable films as Jim Jarmusch’s “The Edukators“, “The based films early on in his career. “Mystery Train” as well as in Bourne Ultimatum“, His first roles in “The White Rose” Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir “Salvador“ and “Krabat.“ and “Stammheim” were followed by Dogs” and “Pulp Fiction”. He “Bonhoeffer”, Szabó’s “Taking Sides”, also appeared in the Coen and the Academy Award-winning Brothers’ “Fargo” and “The Big “”. He also starred Lebowski”. Also among his credits alongside in “Solaris” are the Hollywood blockbusters and in Philipp Stölzl’s “North Face”. “Con Air” and “Armageddon”.