Little Dieter needs to fly / a film by Werner Herzog

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: English, German Publisher: Troy, MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2004Description: 1 videodisc (71 minutes) : sound, colour with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • video-disc
ISBN:
  • 5060103790975
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Directed by Werner Herzog, Executive producer : Andre Singer and Produced by Lucki Stipetic
Cast: Dieter Dengler, Eugene Deatrick.Summary: This documentary tells the story of Dieter Dengler who grew up in Germany and had a passion for planes, he emigrates to the USA and joins the navy in order to become a pilot during the Vietnam war. Dieter was shot down, captured and tortured before becoming one of the few American prisoners to escape. Working with Herzog he recreates his incredible story. (Rescue Dawn starring Christopher Bale is inspired by Little Dieter and will be released in the UK in November 2007) Extras: Wings of Hope (49min) - Documentary by Werner Herzong exploring the story of Juliane Kopcke, the sole survivor of a Peruvian plane crash in 1971.
List(s) this item appears in: Wellpark Film & Documentary
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Filmed in 1997 ; originally broadcast in Germany in 1998.

Features: production notes, director's biography.

Directed by Werner Herzog, Executive producer : Andre Singer and Produced by Lucki Stipetic

Dieter Dengler, Eugene Deatrick.

This documentary tells the story of Dieter Dengler who grew up in Germany and had a passion for planes, he emigrates to the USA and joins the navy in order to become a pilot during the Vietnam war. Dieter was shot down, captured and tortured before becoming one of the few American prisoners to escape. Working with Herzog he recreates his incredible story. (Rescue Dawn starring Christopher Bale is inspired by Little Dieter and will be released in the UK in November 2007) Extras: Wings of Hope (49min) - Documentary by Werner Herzong exploring the story of Juliane Kopcke, the sole survivor of a Peruvian plane crash in 1971.

DVD.

English and German.

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