7.8/10
NETFLIX Rating : 3.7
IMDB Rating : 8.1
FD Smart Rating : 7.8
Synopsis : Werner Herzog directs this emotional documentary about Dieter Dengler, a naval pilot in the Vietnam War who was shot down over Laos and taken captive.
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American Samoa
, Canada
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, Marshall Islands
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, Puerto Rico
, United States
, United States Minor Outlying Islands
, Virgin Islands, U.S.
, Argentina
, South Africa
English , English [Original]
English , Spanish
Documentary, Biography, Drama, War
1998
1h16m
Recommended for ages 16 and up
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?