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Rescue Dawn is a 2006 epic war drama film written and directed by Werner Herzog, based on an adapted screenplay written from his 1997 documentary film Little Dieter Needs to Fly. The film stars Christian Bale and is based on the true story of German-American pilot Dieter Dengler , who was shot down and captured by villagers sympathetic to the ...
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Jul 27, 2007 · Rescue Dawn: Directed by Werner Herzog. With Christian Bale, Zach Grenier, Marshall Bell, Toby Huss. A U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
- Werner Herzog
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Jul 12, 2007 · Roger Ebert July 12, 2007. Tweet. Dieter snakes through the jungles of Thailand in "Rescue Dawn," filmed entirely on location in Thailand. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. When he was a child during World War II, Dieter Dengler had an attic room on a German hillside overlooking a valley.
During the Vietnam War, Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale), a U.S. fighter pilot, is shot down over Laos and taken captive by enemy soldiers. Interned in a POW camp, Dengler and his fellow prisoners...
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- Werner Herzog
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- Christian Bale
Summaries. A U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War. In 1965, while bombing Laos in a classified mission, the propeller plane of the German-American US Navy pilot Dieter Dengler is hit and crashes in the jungle.
Nov 23, 2007 · Rescue Dawn. This article is more than 16 years old (cert 12A) Watch Xan Brooks' interview with Werner Herzog about Rescue Dawn. Peter Bradshaw. Fri 23 Nov 2007 18.54 EST. Share.
Jul 3, 2007 · Based on a true story, which Herzog previously explored in the 1997 documentary Little Dieter Needs To Fly, Rescue Dawn recounts the captivity and escape of U.S. Navy pilot Dieter Dengler...