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'''''John Rabe''''' is a 2009 German-Chinese-French movie directed by Florian Gallenberger. When the imperial Japanese army invades China in 1937 and proceeds with unimaginable brutality against the civilian population of the then capital, Nanking, John Rabe responds to it. Together with a small group of international businessmen, doctors and missionaries remaining in the city, he sets up a civilian protection zone under great personal danger, in which 250,000 people survive what will later be included in the history books as the [[City of Life and Death|Nanking Massacre]].
 
'''''John Rabe''''' is a 2009 German-Chinese-French movie directed by Florian Gallenberger. When the imperial Japanese army invades China in 1937 and proceeds with unimaginable brutality against the civilian population of the then capital, Nanking, John Rabe responds to it. Together with a small group of international businessmen, doctors and missionaries remaining in the city, he sets up a civilian protection zone under great personal danger, in which 250,000 people survive what will later be included in the history books as the [[City of Life and Death|Nanking Massacre]].
  
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{{Film Title|John Rabe}}
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==Nambu Type 14==
 
==Nambu Type 14==
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Japanese officers use [[Nambu Type 14]] pistols. Note that the Nambu pistols in the the movie are Late models with larger trigger guards that are enter production until two years later in 1939.
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Two Japanese officers can be seen using [[Nambu Type 14]] pistols which are Late models with larger trigger guards that enter production until two years later in 1939.
 
[[File:Late Nambu Type 14.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Late Nambu Type 14 - 8x22mm Nambu]]
 
[[File:Late Nambu Type 14.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Late Nambu Type 14 - 8x22mm Nambu]]
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[[File:jr_nambu_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An officer aims at Dr. Wilson ([[Steve Buscemi]]).]]
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[[File:jr_nambu_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An angry officer points his Nambu at Dr. Wilson ([[Steve Buscemi]]) to shut him up.]]
 
[[File:jr_nambu_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"''You wanna shoot me? Go Ahead!''"]]
 
[[File:jr_nambu_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"''You wanna shoot me? Go Ahead!''"]]
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[[File:jr_nambu_3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Nambu lies on a table.]]
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[[File:jr_nambu_3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another (or possibly the same that used in the other scene) Nambu lies on a table what offers a view of the grip.]]
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[[File:jr_nambu_4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Langshu's little brother aims the pistol.]]
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[[File:jr_nambu_4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Langshu's little brother in control of this pistol.]]
  
 
==Hanyang C96==
 
==Hanyang C96==
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A Chinese officer is briefly seen with a possibly [[C96#Hanyang_C96|Hanyang C96]] pistol.
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What appears to be a [[C96#Hanyang_C96|Hanyang C96]] pistol is used by a Chinese officer.
 
[[File:Hanyang C96 pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Hanyang C96 pistol - 7.63x25mm Mauser]]
 
[[File:Hanyang C96 pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Hanyang C96 pistol - 7.63x25mm Mauser]]
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[[File:jr_pis_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The officer at the right takes aim.]]
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[[File:jr_pis_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The officer seen behind the sandbags on the right takes aim.]]
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[[File:jr_pis_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The officer fires.]]
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[[File:jr_pis_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|He fires at incoming Japanese soldiers.]]
  
 
=Rifles=
 
=Rifles=
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[[File:Arisakat38.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mm Arisaka]]
 
[[File:Arisakat38.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mm Arisaka]]
 
[[File:jr_ari_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Japanese soldiers celebrate the capture of Nanking on December 13, 1937.]]
 
[[File:jr_ari_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Japanese soldiers celebrate the capture of Nanking on December 13, 1937.]]
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[[File:jr_ari_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close up of the bolt.]]
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[[File:jr_ari_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Closer view of the opened chamber and the bolt handle.]]
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[[File:jr_ari_3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier holds his Arisaka with fixed Type 30 bayonet.]]
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[[File:jr_ari_3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A soldier who prompts John Rabe ([[Ulrich Tukur]]) to go on holds his Arisaka with fixed Type 30 bayonet.]]
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[[File:jr_ari_4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers with their rifles..]]
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[[File:jr_ari_4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A line of soldiers with their rifles..]]
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[[File:jr_ari_5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|..taking aim at Chinese.]]
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[[File:jr_ari_5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|..taking aim at Chinese civilians and the emissaries.]]
  
 
==Type 24 Zhongzheng==
 
==Type 24 Zhongzheng==
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Chinese soldiers use [[Mauser_Rifle_Series#Type_Zhongzheng_Rifle|Type 24 Zhongzheng]] rifles. Both versions are used with straight and turned bolt handle.
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All Chinese soldiers are armed with [[Mauser_Rifle_Series#Type_Zhongzheng_Rifle|Type 24 Zhongzheng]] rifles equipped with both straight and turned bolt handles.
 
[[File:Type Zhongzheng type 1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Type 24 Zhongzheng rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
 
[[File:Type Zhongzheng type 1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Type 24 Zhongzheng rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
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[[File:Type-Zhongzheng Mauser.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Type 24 Zhongzheng rifle with turned-down Kar98k style bolt handle - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
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[[File:Type-Zhongzheng Mauser.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Type 24 rifle with turned-down Kar98k style bolt handle - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
 
[[File:jr_typezhong_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chinese soldiers in a truck with their rifles.]]
 
[[File:jr_typezhong_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chinese soldiers in a truck with their rifles.]]
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[[File:jr_typezhong_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chinese soldiers taking cover.]]
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[[File:jr_typezhong_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Chinese soldiers taking cover during an ambush.]]
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[[File:jr_typezhong_3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Chinese is guned down holding his Type 24 with turned bolt.]]
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[[File:jr_typezhong_3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Chinese is gunned down holding his Type 24 with a turned bolt.]]
 
[[File:jr_typezhong_4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers fire at Japanese planes.]]
 
[[File:jr_typezhong_4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers fire at Japanese planes.]]
 
[[File:jr_typezhong_5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close up of the muzzle.]]
 
[[File:jr_typezhong_5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close up of the muzzle.]]
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==M1 Thompson==
 
==M1 Thompson==
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U.S. Navy sailors can be seen with anachronistic [[M1 Thompson]]s with drum magazines and muzzle brakes to resemble correct [[M1928A1 Thompson]]s.
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U.S. Navy sailors of the USS Panay can be seen with anachronistic [[M1 Thompson]]s with drum magazines and muzzle brakes to resemble correct [[M1928A1 Thompson]]s.
 
[[Image:M1Thompson.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M1 Thompson with 20-round magazine - .45 ACP.]]
 
[[Image:M1Thompson.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M1 Thompson with 20-round magazine - .45 ACP.]]
 
[[Image:M1928-A1 T.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine and early 'simplified' rear sight that would be adopted for the M1 Thompson - .45 ACP.]]
 
[[Image:M1928-A1 T.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine and early 'simplified' rear sight that would be adopted for the M1 Thompson - .45 ACP.]]
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[[File:jr_thom_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The sailor in the background holds his Thompson. Note the muzzle brake]]
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[[File:jr_thom_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The sailor in the background holds his Thompson. The muzzle brake is visible.]]
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[[File:jr_thom_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Closer view on a Thompson behind Dora Rabe ([[Dagmar Manzel]]). Note the position of the bolt actuator and the "L" style sight.]]
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[[File:jr_thom_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Closer view of a Thompson behind Dora Rabe ([[Dagmar Manzel]]). Note the position of the bolt actuator and the "L" style sight.]]
  
 
=Machine Guns=
 
=Machine Guns=
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Two [[Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun]]s used by Japanese soldiers.
 
Two [[Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun]]s used by Japanese soldiers.
 
[[File:Type 3 Taisho 14 heavy machine gun.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun 6.5x50mm SR]]
 
[[File:Type 3 Taisho 14 heavy machine gun.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun 6.5x50mm SR]]
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[[File:jr_type3_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The two HMGs on a truck.]]
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[[File:jr_type3_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The two HMGs on a truck mowing down Chinese P.o.W.s.]]
 
[[File:jr_type3_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close up of the strip.]]
 
[[File:jr_type3_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close up of the strip.]]
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[[File:jr_type3_3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Japanese soldiers fire the Type 3.]]
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[[File:jr_type3_3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Front view of the firing machine gun.]]
  
 
==Type 11==
 
==Type 11==
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==Bren gun==
 
==Bren gun==
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Chine soldiers use also a [[Bren gun]].
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Chinese soldiers can also be seen firing [[Bren gun]]s.
 
[[Image:Inglis 792 Bren.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Bren Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser. This variant of the Bren was manufactured by Inglis in Canada and was supplied to the Chinese army during WWII.]]
 
[[Image:Inglis 792 Bren.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Bren Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser. This variant of the Bren was manufactured by Inglis in Canada and was supplied to the Chinese army during WWII.]]
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[[File:jr_bren_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers fire the Bren at Japanese planes.]]
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[[File:jr_bren_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers fire the Bren at Japanese Nakajima Ki-27 fighter planes.]]
 
[[File:jr_bren_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Chinese fires the Bren during the Battle of Nanking.]]
 
[[File:jr_bren_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Chinese fires the Bren during the Battle of Nanking.]]
  
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==Type 94 75mm Mountain Gun==
 
==Type 94 75mm Mountain Gun==
 
Japanese soldiers use several Type 94 75mm Mountain Guns.
 
Japanese soldiers use several Type 94 75mm Mountain Guns.
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[[Image:JapType94MG.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Type 94 75mm Mountain Gun- 75 x 294 mm R]]
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[[Image:JapType94MG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Type 94 75mm Mountain Gun- 75 x 294 mm R]]
 
[[File:jr_type1_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Japanese soldiers pushing the Mountain Gun.]]
 
[[File:jr_type1_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Japanese soldiers pushing the Mountain Gun.]]
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[[File:jr_type1_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ready to fire.]]
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[[File:jr_type1_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The gun is deployed to fire at the barricade.]]
  
 
==Type 97 Chi-Ha==
 
==Type 97 Chi-Ha==
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Two Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tanks are used by the Japanese.
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Two Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tanks can be seen which are made for the movie.
 
[[File:jr_tank1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Side view of the tower.]]
 
[[File:jr_tank1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Side view of the tower.]]
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[[File:jr_tank2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Front view.]]
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[[File:jr_tank2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Front view; the hole is on the wrong side.]]
  
 
[[Category:Drama]]
 
[[Category:Drama]]

Revision as of 08:03, 16 September 2020


John Rabe
JohnRabe.jpg
Movie Poster
Country FRA.jpg France

CHN.jpg China
GER.jpg Germany

Directed by Florian Gallenberger
Release Date April 2, 2009
Language Cantonese
English
German
Japanese
Mandarin Chinese
Main Cast
Character Actor
John Rabe Ulrich Tukur
Dr. Georg Rosen Daniel Brühl
Dr. Robert O. Wilson Steve Buscemi
Langshu Jingchu Zhang
Oskar Trautmann Gottfried John
Jochen Fließ Mathias Herrmann


John Rabe is a 2009 German-Chinese-French movie directed by Florian Gallenberger. When the imperial Japanese army invades China in 1937 and proceeds with unimaginable brutality against the civilian population of the then capital, Nanking, John Rabe responds to it. Together with a small group of international businessmen, doctors and missionaries remaining in the city, he sets up a civilian protection zone under great personal danger, in which 250,000 people survive what will later be included in the history books as the Nanking Massacre.


The following weapons were used in the film John Rabe:


Handguns

Nambu Type 14

Two Japanese officers can be seen using Nambu Type 14 pistols which are Late models with larger trigger guards that enter production until two years later in 1939.

Late Nambu Type 14 - 8x22mm Nambu
An angry officer points his Nambu at Dr. Wilson (Steve Buscemi) to shut him up.
"You wanna shoot me? Go Ahead!"
Another (or possibly the same that used in the other scene) Nambu lies on a table what offers a view of the grip.
Langshu's little brother in control of this pistol.

Hanyang C96

What appears to be a Hanyang C96 pistol is used by a Chinese officer.

Hanyang C96 pistol - 7.63x25mm Mauser
The officer seen behind the sandbags on the right takes aim.
He fires at incoming Japanese soldiers.

Rifles

Arisaka Type 38

The Arisaka Type 38 is the standard rifle for the Japanese Army.

Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mm Arisaka
Japanese soldiers celebrate the capture of Nanking on December 13, 1937.
Closer view of the opened chamber and the bolt handle.
A soldier who prompts John Rabe (Ulrich Tukur) to go on holds his Arisaka with fixed Type 30 bayonet.
A line of soldiers with their rifles..
..taking aim at Chinese civilians and the emissaries.

Type 24 Zhongzheng

All Chinese soldiers are armed with Type 24 Zhongzheng rifles equipped with both straight and turned bolt handles.

Type 24 Zhongzheng rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Type 24 rifle with turned-down Kar98k style bolt handle - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Chinese soldiers in a truck with their rifles.
Chinese soldiers taking cover during an ambush.
A Chinese is gunned down holding his Type 24 with a turned bolt.
Soldiers fire at Japanese planes.
Close up of the muzzle.

Submachine Guns

M1 Thompson

U.S. Navy sailors of the USS Panay can be seen with anachronistic M1 Thompsons with drum magazines and muzzle brakes to resemble correct M1928A1 Thompsons.

M1 Thompson with 20-round magazine - .45 ACP.
M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine and early 'simplified' rear sight that would be adopted for the M1 Thompson - .45 ACP.
The sailor in the background holds his Thompson. The muzzle brake is visible.
Closer view of a Thompson behind Dora Rabe (Dagmar Manzel). Note the position of the bolt actuator and the "L" style sight.

Machine Guns

Type 3

Two Type 3 Heavy Machine Guns used by Japanese soldiers.

Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun 6.5x50mm SR
The two HMGs on a truck mowing down Chinese P.o.W.s.
Close up of the strip.
Front view of the firing machine gun.

Type 11

A Type 11 Light Machine Gun is seen in Archival footage.

Type 11 Light Machine Gun - 6.5x50mm Arisaka
The LMG on the left.

Type 24

A Type 24 heavy machine gun is used by Chinese troops to defend Nanking.

Type 24 Heavy Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Close up of the muzzle disk.
Chinese getting the HMG in position.

Bren gun

Chinese soldiers can also be seen firing Bren guns.

Bren Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser. This variant of the Bren was manufactured by Inglis in Canada and was supplied to the Chinese army during WWII.
Soldiers fire the Bren at Japanese Nakajima Ki-27 fighter planes.
A Chinese fires the Bren during the Battle of Nanking.

Other

Type 94 75mm Mountain Gun

Japanese soldiers use several Type 94 75mm Mountain Guns.

Type 94 75mm Mountain Gun- 75 x 294 mm R
Japanese soldiers pushing the Mountain Gun.
The gun is deployed to fire at the barricade.

Type 97 Chi-Ha

Two Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tanks can be seen which are made for the movie.

Side view of the tower.
Front view; the hole is on the wrong side.
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