
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
1997 · Movie · 77 min · ★ 7.5 · 88% critics
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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Details
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1997-12-01
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 77 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (97 votes)
Themes
- vietnam war
- vietnam
- vietcong
- prisoner of war
- u.s. navy
- based on true story
- post war germany
- struggle for survival
- pow escape
- life story
- torture victim
- plane crash
- +9 more
Cast & crew

Werner Herzog
as Narrator (voice)
- DD
Dieter Dengler
as Self
- ED
Eugene Deatrick
as Self
Directed by Werner Herzog