Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
7.5
/10 By 85 Votes
Overview : 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.
Release Date : December 1, 1997
Runtime : 80m
Genre : Documentary
Companies : Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF
Countries : France, Germany, United Kingdom
Keywords : vietnam war, vietnam, vietcong, prisoner of war, u.s. navy, post war germany, struggle for survival, pow escape, life story, torture victim, plane crash, pow, air crash, aircraft crash, survivor memories, navy pilot, german immigrant, jungle survival, pow survivor, downed aircraft
