DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Flucht aus Laos. English.

Little Dieter needs to fly [videorecording] : a film / by Werner Herzog ; produced, directed & narrated by Werner Herzog ; a Werner Herzog Filmproduktion in association with Café Productions for ZDF ; coproduction ZDF, ZDF Enterprises, and BBC.

Troy, MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment, c2004.

1 videodisc (76 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Growing up in post World War II Germany, Dieter Dengler, the son of a Nazi slain during the war, dreamed about becoming a pilot. At age 18 he emigrated to the United States and worked odd jobs until he was accepted into the Navy and began pilot training. He was sent to Vietnam around 1966 and on his first mission was shot down and taken prisoner. There, the Vietcong tortured him until Dengler engineered a hair-raising escape and eventually returned to the U.S. His story is recounted here via interviews with Dengler, archival footage and new footage seamlessly spliced together. Includes postscript filmed in 2001.

Dengler, Dieter.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Prisoners and prisons, Laotian.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives.

Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.

Air pilots -- Biography.

Documentary television programs.

Biographical television programs.

Herzog, Werner, 1942-

Dengler, Dieter.

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion.

Café Productions Ltd.

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.

British Broadcasting Corporation.

Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.

Filmed in 1997 ; originally broadcast in Germany in 1998.

Widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby digital mono.

Features: production notes, director's biography.

Photography, Peter Zeitlinger ; editors, Rainer Standke, Glenn Scantlebury, Joe Bini ; narrator, Werner Herzog.

Dieter Dengler, Eugene Deatrick.

DVD.

DV12775-E

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