In 1966, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and, down to 85 pounds, escaped.
Original title
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Released
12/1/1997
Origin country
GB
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Runtime
1hr 20min
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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