Rescue Dawn
Director:
Werner Herzog
Writer:
Werner Herzog (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
27 July 2007 (USA)
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | War
Tagline:
A true story of survival… declassified.
Plot:
In 1965, while bombing Laos in a classified mission, the plane of the German-American pilot Dieter Dengler 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 mentally ill prisoners. He becomes close to Duane and organizes an escape plan; however, the unstable Gene opposes to Dieter’s plan. When they discover that there is no more food due to the constant American bombings in the area and their guards intend to kill them, Dieter sets his plan in motion. However, an unexpected betrayal split the group and Dieter and Duane find that the jungle is their actual prison
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