A U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
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★★★★★
It's no 'Saving Private Ryan' or 'Platoon', but Werner Herzog's Rescue Dawn is smart and engaging enough to be worth watching for a look at humanity and survival.
Rescue Dawn is the story of Dieter Dengler, an American pilot who in 1965 crashed his plane in L...
★★★★★
Rescue Dawn is a film that details the real-life struggles that a fighter pilot endured when he was shot down during the Vietnam War. I appreciate that the film doesn't waste any time at all. It seems that not more than 10 minutes into the film, Christian Bale...
★★★★★
In 1965, while bombing Laos in a classified mission, the plane of the German-American pilot Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) is hit and crashes in the jungle. Dieter is arrested by the peasants, tortured and sent to a prisoner camp, where he meets five other me...
★★★★★
The film is based on the story of the American pilot Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) and his crushing fall onto the territory of Vietnam. Active warfare during the Vietnam War will not be shown here, but you will see the inner side of the horror of the war - t...
★★★★★
For me, Werner Herzog will always be remembered for his haunting 1979 remake of "Nosferatu." Next to the silent-era original, it's probably the greatest artistic statement ever put to film on the myth of the vampire. Apart from that, he's been one of those fas...
