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"Based on the extraordinary true story of one man's fight for freedom"

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 during the Vietnam War.

Now, from legendary director Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Fitzcarrraldo) and starring acclaimed actor Christian Bale (Batman Begins, American Psycho) comes the incredible true story of a rengade who, from the depths of total darkness, blazed his own willful path of freedom. A blistering adventure and a stark epid of survival, Rescue Dawn reveals how Dieter Dengler relied on the most primal qualities of evasion, enduranc, tenacity and courage to find hiw was home.

Director:

Werner Herzog [18],

Starring:

Jeremy Davies [7], Steve Zahn [28], Christian Bale [37],

Screen Formats:

Full Frame 1.33:1

Language and Sound:

English 5.1 DTS
English 5.1 Dolby Digital

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