Little Dieter Needs to Fly(Movie, 1997)

Name: Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1997
Duration: T01:20:00
Rating: 3.8

1h 20min | Genre: Documentary

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 36 votes)

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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About Little Dieter Needs to Fly

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 the U.S. Air Force. He leaves for California and college, then enlistment in the Navy to learn to fly. A quiet man of sorrows tells his story: war, capture, harrowing conditions, escape, and miraculous rescue. Where did he find the strength; how does he now live with his memories?

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Production countries: Germany, France, United Kingdom (UK)

Made by: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 8 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 10/02/1998 (World premiere: 12/01/1997)

Director: Werner Herzog

Producer: Lucki Stipetić, André Singer

Screenwriter: Werner Herzog

Film Editor: Joe Bini

Director of Photography: Peter Zeitlinger

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Flucht aus Laos"

Keywords: vietnam, vietcong, vietnam war, prisoner of war

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