Little Dieter Needs to Fly
In 1966, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and, down to 85 pounds, escaped.
1997-12-01 | 80 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
Recommendations
Similar Movies
-
Raise the Bamboo Curtain: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Burma
-
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
-
Night and Fog
-
Das Dorf der Freundschaft
-
Digging The Great Escape
-
Prisoners of Propaganda
-
Return to Sandakan
-
Why We Fight
-
Little Palestine: Diary of a Siege
-
Triumph Over Prejudice: The Montford Point Marines
-
Carrier at War: The USS Enterprise
-
Air War in Vietnam
-
The Fog of War
-
Doctors of the Dark Side
-
The Great Escape
-
Ruiz
-
March of the Penguins
-
Terry Pratchett: Back in Black
-
The Machine Gun and the Bass
-
We Were The Scenery