SummaryNanking is a powerful reminder of the heartbreaking toll that war takes on the innocent, and a testament to the courage and conviction of a few individuals determined to act in the face of evil. The film tells the story of the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China in the early days of World War II and focuses on the efforts of a small group of unar... Read More
Directed By:Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman
Written By:Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman, Elisabeth Bentley
Nanking
Metascore
Generally Favorable
76
User score
Generally Favorable
6.7
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
76
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90
I have rarely, if ever, seen a documentary reconstruction of a historical event that is so rich in firsthand (and well-preserved) photographic material.
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What Guttentag and Sturman gain in dramatic immediacy, however, they lose when it comes to historical context, and the chance to offer insight into why such things occur in the first place -- and continue to happen today -- is lost.
80
Nanking both calls attention to a horrifying set of war crimes that remains little known in the West and crafts an impossible-but-true hymn to the power of the individual conscience.
75
Whatever the numbers, testimony cited in Nanking portrays the episode as a horrifying chapter in man’s renowned inhumanity to man.
75
Everyone knows about the Holocaust, but few today have heard about what was infamous as the Rape of Nanking, when 200,000 residents of what was then China's capital were massacred by invading Japanese troops.
67
Nanking, a carefully nonpunitive documentary of remembrance, is emotionally draining, as it should be, but it's also overstructured, as it needn't be; the actors are intrusive in a story that isn't theirs.
60
Individually these elements are powerful, but they fail to mesh or collide with one another in any satisfying way, and the movie's score only exacerbates the problem.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.7
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Feb 7, 2025
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Так прошу вас, хоть кто нибудь, я самый большой фанат Лии Льюис, одна и моих целей это собрать значки со всеми ее работами. где она учавствавола, все ее роли, этот фильм, она учавствовала как некая Девушка-Баннер, я уже много ищу, я уже много баннеров видел, и я прошу вас, кто знает, на каком баннере изображена она? я наверном пути, но не как не могу ее найти, знаю что ей около 10-11 лет на тот момент было, черные возможно длинные волосы, азиатка, естественно! прошу вас.. помогите мне!
Production Company:
- HBO Documentary Films
- Purple Mountain Productions
Release Date:Dec 12, 2007
Duration:1 h 28 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Even in the darkest of times there is light
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Awards
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Peabody Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
