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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Documentary

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.

Keywords

vietnam war
based on true story
struggle for survival
vietnam
prisoner of war
u.s. navy
vietcong
plane crash
life story
navy pilot
aircraft crash
post war germany
survivor memories
air crash
torture victim
pow
pow escape
jungle survival
pow survivor
german immigrant
downed aircraft

Details

Status: Released
Release date: December 1, 1997
Original language: English
Spoken languages: english
Countries: France, Germany, United Kingdom
Production: ZDF,Werner Herzog Filmproduktion,Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0145046