"In Gallenberger's film, the Chinese are allowed onscreen as victims only." - Andrew Schenker

Well directed. Awesome.

This is a rare film that uses a wide array of great actors from Germany, Japan, China, and America to portray an infamous historical event. Despite the positives the sheer scale of the atrocities of Nanking fall short of being realistically portrayed. The viciousness and inhumanity of the massacre was truly mind numbing in scope and would have benefited from a look that was closer to the actual events with minimal pandering to conventional dramatic expectations.