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Little Dieter needs to fly / a film by Werner Herzog with Dieter Dengler ; Werner Herzog Filmproduktion in association with Café Productions for ZDF ; produced and directed by Werner Herzog ; producer, Lucki Stipetic.
LIBRA DVD 001 746
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dengler, Dieter.
- Biographical films.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Prisoners and prisons, Laotian.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American.
- Prisoners of war.
- Laos.
- Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.
- United States.
- Prisoners of war--Laos--Biography.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- American.
- Biographies.
- Biographical films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen version.
- Place of Publication:
- [Troy, MI] : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2001]
- System Details:
- DVD ; Dolby digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Growing up in post-WWII Germany, all Dieter Dengler, the son of a Nazi slain during the war, dreamed about was 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.
- Participant:
- Dieter Dengler ; narrator, Werner Herzog.
- Credits:
- Photography, Peter Zeitlinger ; editors, Rainer Standke, Glenn Scantlebury, Joe Bini.
- Notes:
- Special features: Production notes ; Werner Herzog biography.
- Originally produced in 1998.
- Aspect ratio 1.85:1 (enhanced for 16x9 TVs).
- OCLC:
- 48879704
- Publisher Number:
- 013131154191
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