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Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)

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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?

Updated May 20 2020

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2007-10-22

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Runtime: 80 mins Rating: 7.7 Tag Line: In 1966, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and, down to 85 pounds, escaped.

Cast

Werner Herzog

Himself / Narrator

Dieter Dengler

Himself

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Cast

Werner Herzog

Himself / Narrator

Dieter Dengler

Himself

Crew

Glen Scantlebury

Editor

Werner Herzog

Director

Werner Herzog

Writer

Peter Zeitlinger

Director of Photography

Joe Bini

Editor

Lucki Stipetić

Producer

Rainer Standke

Editor

André Singer

Executive Producer

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Cast

Werner Herzog

Himself / Narrator

Dieter Dengler

Himself

Crew

Glen Scantlebury

Editor

Werner Herzog

Director

Werner Herzog

Writer

Peter Zeitlinger

Director of Photography

Joe Bini

Editor

Lucki Stipetić

Producer

Rainer Standke

Editor

André Singer

Executive Producer

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