Rescue Dawn (2006)
- Starring:
- Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, (more)
- Director(s):
- Werner Herzog
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Category:
- War
Member Rating
My RatingTheatrical Release Information | See Details About All Versions
Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog returns to direct his first feature since 2001's Invincible with this dramatic action film inspired by his own 1997 documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly and detailing the escape efforts of a German-American pilot who was taken as a prisoner-of-war after being shot down over Laos during the Vietnam War. When U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) escaped death after being shot down over one of the most intense front lines in the Vietnam War, his troubles were only beginning. Subsequently taken captive by the enemy and forced to endure a harrowing stint in a Vietnamese prison camp, Dengler and his fellow captives stage a death-defying escape that would later inspire one of Germany's most accomplished directors to capture the remarkable tale on camera. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 125 mins
Complete Cast:
- Christian Bale - Dieter Dengler
- Jeremy Davies - Gene
- Yuttana Muenwaja - Crazy Horse
- Teerawat Mulvilai - Little Hitler
- Chaiyan (Lek) Chunsuttiwat - Procet
- François Chau - Province Governor
- Pat Healy - Norman
- Marshall Bell
- Somkuan "Kuan" Siroon - Indian
- Steve Zahn - Duane Martin
- Zach Grenier - Squad Leader
- Kriangsak Ming-Olo - Jumbo
- Abhijati Jusakul - Phisit
- Galen Yuen - Y.C.
- Toby Huss - Spook
- GQ - Farkas
- Evan Jones - Lessard
- Craig Gellis - Corporal
- Director(s):
- Werner Herzog
- Writer(s):
- Werner Herzog
- Producer(s):
- Elton Brand, Francesco Juilland, Freddy Braidy
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Adult Situations, Profanity, War Violence)
- Categories:
- War
- Closed Captioning:
- Check All Versions
- Subtitles:
- Check All Versions
- 2007 - Rescue Dawn - San Diego Film Critics Association - Body of Work
