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![Little Dieter Needs to Fly](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2sLpyYytu0Dbymzs3skxOCRHKkl.jpg)
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
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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Little Dieter Needs to Fly
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Status
Released
Release Date
Dec 1, 1997
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
75%
Original Title
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Production Companies
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF
Director
Werner Herzog
Description
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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