Little Dieter Needs to Fly

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Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)

Directed by Werner Herzog

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

Documentary · 1h 17m

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.

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Cast

Werner Herzog Narrator (voice)
D
Dieter Dengler Self
E
Eugene Deatrick Self

Crew

Director
Werner Herzog
Writer
Werner Herzog
Director of Photography
Peter Zeitlinger
Editor
Joe Bini, Rainer Standke, Glen Scantlebury
Producer
Lucki Stipetić

Details

Release date
1997-12-01
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
Germany
Production
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF