This is a factual biography without hagiographic anointing. [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 11, 2022

...rather stodgy but still affecting historical drama...

| Aug 10, 2022

Given the subject matter of "John Rabe" I expected a bit more than a typical Milos Forman-esque preaching biopic.

| Jan 15, 2020

An impressive film, with a careful and emotive story... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 21, 2018

It's worth seeing this feature about the heroic figure of John Rabe, even though the movie leaves much to be desired dramatically.

| Original Score: B- | Aug 12, 2011

A serious, large-budget treatment of Rabe's exploits and a moving, terrific film about trying to maintain one's decency amidst horrors.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 5, 2011

John Rabe preserves history while painting a portrait of a most complicated hero.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 22, 2010

It is a tale of a true hero, even if in its minor details it's less than entirely true. For a movie with ambitions as big as "John Rabe," that doesn't just make it good. That makes it epic.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 17, 2010

Despite a reliance on docu-drama contrivances, a reasonably intelligent, impressively mounted account of a little-known act of twentieth-century heroism.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 29, 2010

Thanks to Tukur, what we get here is still something: a stunning portrait of a good man caught in a widening inferno.

| Original Score: B | Jun 18, 2010

Drawn from Rabe's diaries, the film is rich in telling and ironic details.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 4, 2010

One of the few films so far this year that deserves to be called an epic. Great acting and superb sets and cinematography make this a great success.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 27, 2010

One of the main virtues of John Rabe is to demonstrate that, however much we know about the worst of all wars, it still has little-known corners that can amaze us.

| May 24, 2010

Deftly incorporated into the narrative is archival footage from the Nanking Massacre -- a stark reminder of the horrifying true events on which the film is based.

| May 23, 2010

An often contrived, melodramatic and pedestrian war drama slightly elevated by Ulrich Tukur's captivating performance, exquisite production values and a modicum of suspense.

| Original Score: 5.86/10 | May 22, 2010

Despite its gruesome scenes of hundreds of Chinese prisoners of war being lined up and executed and its ostentatious shots of severed heads, the movie is less than indelible.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 21, 2010

Portrait of altruism in the face of staggering odds by a righteous group of foreigners, movingly and passionately enacted as full individuals, not plaster saints.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 21, 2010

There are many powerful moments, including a mass beheading, before the film turns into a sappy, Frank Capra-esque affair.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 21, 2010

Reduced to obscurity after the war, Rabe deserves to be remembered for his role in shielding hundreds of thousands in a "safety zone" on company grounds. But the film will help little in securing his legacy.

| Original Score: C+ | May 20, 2010

This is a story of courage and integrity, and the phlegmatic Ulrich Tukur does well by a quiet hero ignored for over half a century.

| May 20, 2010