Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking. The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II. 2. Auflage. Penguin, New York 1998, ISBN 0-465-06835-9, 4 (englisch, Vorschau in der Google-Buchsuche – Reprint: New York: Basic Books, 1997): “When the city fell on December 13, 1937, Japanese soldiers began an orgy of cruelty seldom if ever matched in the history.”
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Brian D. Renner: The Flowers of War Movie. In: www.movieinsider.com. 28. Juli 2012, abgerufen am 2. Mai 2021 (englisch).
WorstPreviews.com Staff: First Look: Christian Bale in "The 13 Flowers of Nanjing". In: www.worstpreviews.com. 19. April 2011, archiviert vom Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar) am 11. Oktober 2012; abgerufen am 2. Mai 2021 (englisch): „Back in December, we reported that Christian Bale had signed on to star in director Zhang Yimou's $90 million "The 13 Flowers of Nanjing" film (previously called "Nanjing Heroes"), which will be 40 % in English and the rest in Mandarin Chinese.“
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Jeremy Lebens: Trailer For WWII Epic The Flowers Of War Starring Christian Bale. In: www.thedailyrotation.com. 21. Oktober 2011, abgerufen am 2. Mai 2021 (englisch): „This WWII epic is China’s most expensive production yet, costing somewhere in the $94 million dollar price range and by the looks of it they spent every penny where it needed it.“
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Kurt Orzeck: Chinese Blockbuster ‘Flowers of War’ Leaves U.S. Audiences Cold. In: www.thewrap.com. 26. Januar 2012, abgerufen am 2. Mai 2021 (englisch): „It has grossed nearly $100 million in China, making it one of the highest-grossing films in the country's history. That might sound impressive, but producer and China film-industry expert Rob Cain called it underwhelming for a movie with a production budget of that size. His company, Pacific Bridge Pictures, estimates the movie's China gross at $95 million, a few million short of "Aftershock."“
WorstPreviews.com Staff: First Look: Christian Bale in "The 13 Flowers of Nanjing". In: www.worstpreviews.com. 19. April 2011, archiviert vom Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar) am 11. Oktober 2012; abgerufen am 2. Mai 2021 (englisch): „Back in December, we reported that Christian Bale had signed on to star in director Zhang Yimou's $90 million "The 13 Flowers of Nanjing" film (previously called "Nanjing Heroes"), which will be 40 % in English and the rest in Mandarin Chinese.“
