Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
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Plot.
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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Details.
Release DateDecember 1, 1997
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 20m
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This Movie Is About.
prisoner of war
vietnam
vietnam war
vietcong
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
Wiki.
Little Dieter Needs to Fly (German: Flucht aus Laos, lit. 'Escape from Laos') is a 1997 German-British-French documentary film written and directed by Werner Herzog, produced by Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, and premiered on German television. The film follows the life of Dieter Dengler, in particular being shot down during the Vietnam War and his capture, imprisonment, escape, and rescue. Herzog went on to direct a dramatized version of the story, Rescue Dawn, which stars Christian Bale as Dengler in 2006.
Little Dieter Needs to Fly was released on DVD in 1998 by Anchor Bay, and on Blu-Ray in 2014 by Shout! Factory as a part of a larger collection of Herzog's films.
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