Film Screening
Herzog of the Month: Rescue Dawn

Director: Werner Herzog

Sun, 13.05.2018
5:50 PM Filmhouse Edinburgh

USA/Luxemburg 2006, 125 mins.

Christian Bale stars in Werner Herzog's Vietnam War-era adventure tale.
Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) is shot down over Laos during a top-secret mission. Taken hostage, he endures unimaginable conditions at the hands of cruel captors in a makeshift POW camp. Dengler's astonishing will to survive guides him and fellow prisoners in a meticulously planned, death-defying escape, only to discover the harsh realities of an unforgiving jungle beyond the camp's walls.
A spectacular and thrilling adventure tale based on the extraordinary true story of American pilot Dieter Dengler, the subject of Werner Herzog's 1997 documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly.