Rescue Dawn
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- Synopsis
- In the annals of history's great escapes there is no other story like that of Dieter Dengler, the only American to ever break out of a POW camp in the impenetrable Laotian jungle....
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- Starring
- Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Galen Yuen
- Director(s)
- Werner Herzog
- Distributor(s)
- MGM/UA
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 120 min.
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San Francisco Chronicle | Walter AddiegoAdd Critic to Favorites
An old-fashioned prisoner-of-war movie that becomes much more because of writer-director Werner Herzog's admiration for the remarkable true story of its protagonist, Dieter Dengler.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites
Out of a harrowing story set in a foreign thicket, Herzog has found American beauty.Read the full review
Washington Post | Ann HornadayAdd Critic to Favorites
That such a masterful depiction of American heroism and can-do spirit has been created by a German art film director known for considerably darker visions of obsession is an irony Herzog no doubt finds delicious.Read the full review
