Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Watch TrailerGerman boy Dieter Dengler dreams of the sky from childhood. His obsession with flight carries him from the rubble of postwar Germany to America, where he becomes a U.S. Navy pilot. In 1966, his plane is shot down over Laos during the Vietnam War. Captured and subjected to brutal torture, Dieter engineers a daring escape through impenetrable jungle. His tale transcends mere survival; it is a raw testament to the human spirit's unyielding hunger for freedom and the fulfillment of a lifelong obsession that gives the film its title.
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| Year | 1997 |
| Country | Germany |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Werner Herzog |
| Runtime | 77 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 7.5/10 (95 votes) |
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Werner Herzog crafts not a documentary but a hypnotic parable of will. Scenes of Dengler retracing his steps pulse with a near-mystical intensity.
What lingers after the credits is the anatomy of a miracle—how an obsession, first a dream then a profession, ultimately becomes a lifeline. A quiet awe for the power of a single fixed idea remains. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Werner Herzog
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Hypnotic testimony, jungle as labyrinth, ghosts of the past haunting the present.
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