Little Dieter Needs to Fly 1997
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? The director would use this subject for the feature film Rescue Dawn (2007).
- Released: 1997-12-01
- Runtime: 80 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Werner Herzog, Dieter Dengler, Eugene Deatrick
- Director: Werner Herzog, Joe Bini, Lucki Stipetić, Rainer Standke, André Singer
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