Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
- HD 1080
- Runtime: 80m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: France, Germany, United Kingdom
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Stars: Werner Herzog, Dieter Dengler, Eugene Deatrick
- keywords: vietnam war, vietnam, vietcong, prisoner of war, u.s. navy, post war germany, struggle for survival, pow escape, life story, torture victim, plane crash, pow, air crash, aircraft crash, survivor memories, navy pilot, german immigrant, jungle survival, pow survivor, downed aircraft
- Production_studio: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, ZDF
- Slogan: In 1966, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and, down to 85 pounds, escaped.
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
- The Little Dieter Needs to Fly is featured in the top rankings of 1997
- #4 in Top Documentary Movies of 1997
Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early years of the Vietnam War. Accompanied by director Werner Herzog, Dengler describes in unusually candid detail his captivity, the friendships he made, and his daring escape. Not willing to stop there, Herzog even persuades his subject to re-enact certain tortures, with the help of some willing local villagers.