The Evolution of Christian Bale

Rescue Dawn, 2007
Shot down while on a mission over Laos in 1965, Bale's character, Dieter Dengler, must escape from a prison camp with another prisoner (Steve Zahn). Director Werner Herzog said after working with Bale, "I find him one of the greatest talents of his generation."

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