Rabe Diary

Alisha 2022-04-22 07:01:50

The whole film does focus on Rabe's life rather than the Nanjing Massacre. Many scenes in it are handled too plainly, so the background of the film seems pale and weak, but the portrayal of Rabe is still very perfect. About Nanjing The massacre, I know about mass graves and the beheading of a hundred people, but I never knew about Rabe, a German who saved 200,000 Chinese by using his Siemens general manager and the identity of the Nazi Party. I feel that the filming is average, there is nothing too shocking, and the intensity is not enough. The focus of the film is on Rabe.

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John Rabe quotes

  • John Rabe: Chang, what's the point in you having a head?

    Chang: So that it not rain into my neck.

    John Rabe: Quite right.

  • Dr. Robert Wilson: I don't like Nazis.

    Valérie Dupres: He isn't a Nazi.

    Dr. Robert Wilson: Yes he is.

    Valérie Dupres: He's just a member of the party.

    Dr. Robert Wilson: Which makes him a Nazi.

    Valérie Dupres: Are you a member of the church?

    Dr. Robert Wilson: Yeah, so what?

    Valérie Dupres: What do you think of witch burning?

    Dr. Robert Wilson: Ah, well, looking at you, maybe it wasn't such a bad idea.