Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Documentary
1997
1 HOUR 20 MINS
Documentary
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, describing in unusually candid detail his captivity and daring escape.
Cast & Crew
Dieter Dengler Self
Eugene Deatrick Self
Werner Herzog Narrator
Werner Herzog Director
Werner Herzog Writer
André Singer Executive Producer
Lucki Stipetic Producer
Peter Zeitlinger Cinematography
Joe Bini Film Editing
Glen Scantlebury Film Editing
Rainer Standke Film Editing
Herbert Golder Assistant Director
Ekkehart Baumung Sound
Josh Rosen Sound Editor
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