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Little Dieter Needs to Fly

"In 1966, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and, down to 85 pounds, escaped."

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1998 · 1h 17m
Documentary
Starring Werner Herzog
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Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early years of the Vietnam War. Accompanied by director Werner Herzog, Dengler describes in unusually candid detail his captivity, the friendships he made, and his daring escape. Not willing to stop there, Herzog even persuades his subject to re-enact certain tortures, with the help of some willing local villagers.

Theatrical
Oct 2, 1998
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 8, 2002
Director
Werner Herzog
Producers
André Singer, Lucki Stipetić
Studio
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF
Keywords
prisoner of war vietnam vietnam war vietcong u.s. navy based on true story post war germany struggle for survival pow escape life story torture victim plane crash pow air crash aircraft crash survivor memories navy pilot
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