Little Dieter Needs to Fly

Name: Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Released: 1997-12-01
Rating: 7.5

"In 1966, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and, down to 85 pounds, escaped."

⭐ 7.51997-12-0177 minReleased

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Little Dieter Needs to Fly (German: Flucht aus Laos, lit. 'Escape from Laos') is a 1997 German-British-French documentary film written and directed by Werner Herzog, produced by Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, and premiered on German television. The film follows the life of Dieter Dengler, in particular being shot down during the Vietnam War and his capture, imprisonment, escape, and rescue. Herzog went on to direct a dramatized version of the story, Rescue Dawn, which stars Christian Bale as Dengler in 2006. Little Dieter Needs to Fly was released on DVD in 1998 by Anchor Bay, and on Blu-Ray in 2014 by Shout! Factory as a part of a larger collection of Herzog's films.