Little Dieter Needs to Fly 1998

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.


Regions Available ( 11 ) : show...
American Samoa , Canada , Guam , Marshall Islands , Northern Mariana Islands , Puerto Rico , United States , United States Minor Outlying Islands , Virgin Islands, U.S. , Argentina , South Africa

Languages:

English , English [Original]

Subtitles:

English , Spanish

Genres:

Documentary, Biography, Drama, War

Release Date:

1998

Run Time:

1h16m

Maturity Rating:

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?