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German. 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 ...
Oct 2, 1998 · Little Dieter Needs to Fly: Directed by Werner Herzog. With Dieter Dengler, Werner Herzog, Eugene Deatrick. German-American Dieter Dengler discusses his service as a U.S. naval pilot in the Vietnam War.
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- Documentary, Biography, Drama
- Werner Herzog
- 1998-10-02
In 1966, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and, down to 85 pounds, escaped. Barefoot, surviving monsoons, leeches, and machete-wielding villagers, he was rescued. Now, near 60, living on Mt. Tamalpais, Dengler tells his story: a German lad surviving Allied bombings in World War II, postwar poverty, apprenticed to a smith, beaten regularly. At 18, he emigrates and peels potatoes ...
In 1966, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and, down to 85 pounds, escaped. Barefoot, surviving monsoons, leeches, and machete-wielding villagers, he was rescued. Now, near 60, living on Mt. Tamalpais, Dengler tells his story: a German lad surviving Allied bombings in World War II, postwar poverty, apprenticed to a smith, beaten regularly. At 18, he emigrates and peels potatoes ...
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Rent Little Dieter Needs to Fly on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was ...
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