Little Dieter Needs to Fly
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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.
Little Dieter Needs to Fly is a film that explores themes of vietnam war, vietnam, vietcong. It also touches on prisoner of war and u.s. navy and based on true story.
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Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog, Dieter Dengler, Eugene Deatrick
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Little Dieter Needs to Fly received critical acclaim. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 93% rating based on 14 reviews, with an average of 7.8/10. Roger Ebert gave the film...
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Little Dieter Needs to Fly
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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.
Little Dieter Needs to Fly is a film that explores themes of vietnam war, vietnam, vietcong. It also touches on prisoner of war and u.s. navy and based on true story.
Director
Werner Herzog
Cast
Werner Herzog, Dieter Dengler, Eugene Deatrick
What Critics Say
Little Dieter Needs to Fly received critical acclaim. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 93% rating based on 14 reviews, with an average of 7.8/10. Roger Ebert gave the film...
Source: Wikipedia
vietnam war · vietnam · vietcong · prisoner of war · u.s. navy · based on true story · post war germany · struggle for survival · pow escape · life story
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