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The story of a handful of courageous Westerners during World War II who tried to protect Chinese civilians from rape and brutality at the hands of marauding Japanese soldiers, the film includes a stage reading featuring performances by Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway, and Jurgen Prochnow.

"It's very likely that the anguish of a city helplessly besieged by a marauding army hasn't been conveyed with comparable power since the Greek tragedies." – The New Yorker