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JOHN RABE (2009)
2-disc special edition

Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

DVD Release Date: October 1, 2009


Director: Florian Gallenberger


Description:
John Rabe is a 2009 Chinese-French-German biopictorial film directed by Florian Gallenberger and starring Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Bruhl and Steve Buscemi.

It focuses upon the experiences of John Rabe, a German businessman who used his Nazi party membership to construct a Safety Zone in Nanking, similar to the one in Shanghai, and save over 200,000 Chinese from the Nanking massacre, which was being committed by the invading Imperial Japanese Army after the 1937 Battle of Nanking. Based upon Rabe's wartime diaries, it premiered at the 59th Berlin Film Festival on February 7, 2009.


Format: PAL

DVD Size: 7.46 + 2.43 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 129 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 | Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): original soundtrack in DD5.1 (English, German, Chinese and Japanese are spoken) |
                      German dub

Subtitles: optional English | German | Chinese



DISC FEATURES:

DISC 1:
# The Making-of Documentary.
# "And the Winner is..." Featurette (German Movie Awards 2009).
# The Making-of Visual Effects.
# Audio Commentary by Director Florian Gallenberger, Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Bru"hl, Anne Consigny, Benjamin Herrmann and David Dietl.
# Deleted Scenes.
# Theatrical Trailer.

DISC 2:
# "John Rabe - Saviour with a Swastika" - Documentary by Florian Hartung and Annette Baumeister.


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