Watch John Rabe
"History Needs Extraordinary Heroes"
- 2008
- 2 hr 14 min
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7.2 (6,770)
John Rabe, also known as City of War: The Story of John Rabe, is biographical film that also combines elements of drama, history, and war. The film centers around the title character who spent his career building a Siemens plant in Nanking, China. The Nazis order Rabe to close the factory down but before he can do so the Japanese invade the area and massacre the city. Rabe is recruited to run an international zone however he uses it to save his workers and their families.