John Rabe

BERLIN -- Germans don't have many feel-good movie stories about World War II, so the world premiere of "John Rabe" at the Berlinale is certainly cause for local celebration. The 134-minute film jams in much information, incidents and characters without losing any entertainment value. ... Full Review

Strand Releasing has acquired all U.S. rights to Florian Gallenberger's historical drama "John Rabe." Set in Nanking in 1937, the film centers around a German businessman who offered a refuge to the Chinese when the Japanese begin bombing the city. ... Full Article

The film stars Olivier Gourmet ( The Son [ trailer ]) as the tortured father and Anne Consigny ( The Diving Bell and the Butterfly [ trailer ], John Rabe [ trailer ]) as his wife. ... Full Article

On Friday evening, Berlin's Radio Tower hosted the Lola German Film Awards ceremony. The prizes - worth a total of €2,845,000 - were rather evenly distributed among the different nominees. ... Full Article

BERLIN -- Art and commerce are often strange bedfellows, but the gap between culture and boxoffice has rarely been as wide as it was Friday night when "John Rabe" won big at the German Film Awards, taking home four Lolas. ... Full Article

Uli Edel and Bernd Eichinger's four-times nominated The Baader Meinhof Complex was passed over completely by the 1,100-plus members of the German Film Academy at the ceremony in Berlin. ... Full Article

BERLIN - A movie about a German businessman's efforts to protect Chinese civilians against Japanese forces in the 1930s has won the best film award at the annual German Film Prize ceremony. ... Full Article