Little Dieter Needs to Fly
by Werner Herzog
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Actor: Dieter Dengler, Werner HerzogDirector: Werner Herzog
Brand: STARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Cinematographer: Peter Zeitlinger
Editor: Glen Scantlebury
Editor: Rainer Standke
Editor: Joe Bini
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 74 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
DVD Reviews of Little Dieter Needs to Fly
DVD Review: Dieter & Herzog Will Capture & Keep Your Attention
Summary: 4 Stars
Very compelling story and moving re-enactment of a grueling, death-defying prisoner of war escape by an amazing human being, Dieter Dengler. While I had not heard of Dengler before watching this film, I've read several first-hand prisoner-of-war accounts from the Vietnam War and found Herzog's documentary not only intriguing but revealing of the man who went through those horrible experiences. That was a unique dimension that heightened my interest in the film and my appreciation of Herzog as a director.
This is the first of Herzog's films/documentaries that I had seen, and it whetted my appetite for more of his work. I think it's much better than Rescue Dawn, starring Christian Bale although I enjoyed that one too.
LITTLE DIETER is fascinating from start to finish. I highly recommend it to anyone who's a Herzog fan but hasn't seen this film yet AND to those who are interested in military affairs, especially those during the Vietnam War.
DVD Review: DVD Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
An awesome story of a young German boy who is inspired to become a pilot when an American plane comes so close to the window of his home in a WWII battle he can actually see the pilot in the cockpit. He later migrates to America with no funds to support himself, but manages to, eventually, qualify for the service. He becomes an American pilot to fly against the enemy in Vietnam. However, he is shot down and tells of his capture, retracing his painful memories of the jungle experience, and amazing escape. I found it, personally, uplifting and enthralling considering I have a Marine MIA brother, who himself, was shot down in deep N. Vietnam.Most highly recommended by any history buff of the Vietnam era war years and the possible fate of those captured in the jungle environment. DVD Review: A Great True Story
Summary: 5 Stars
The subject of this documentary, Dieter, has led quite the life, and in this movie he gets to tell his story. After all he's been through, including being in a Vietnamese P.O.W. camp, he still shines. It's a truly amazing story to me, and much better of course because it's a true one. Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Encounters at the End of the World) has done an excellent job on this one, and I would have to say it is my favorite of his films.DVD Review: Totally satisfied
Summary: 5 Stars
For anyone who saw and enjoyed the movie 'Rescue Dawn', 'Little Dieter Needs To Fly' is a 'must see'. DVD Review: Mis-titled, but compelling tale
Summary: 3 Stars
No one will argue with the subject's heroism. But his presence as a movie star is another matter. Dengler speaks in a rapid, nonstop monologue, with no breaths in between. It gets annoying real fast, not to mention the German accent like something out of Hogan's Heroes. His tale of survival is an astonishing one, later dramatized by Herzog in a big Hollywood movie. The title is unfortunate, however. Some may mistake this for a children's fairy tale. That it is not.
Description of Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Educational Media Network-Winner, Golden Apple 1999 Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming-Winner, Silver FIPA 1999 San Francisco International Film Festival-Winner, Golden Spire 1998 International Documentary Association- Winner IDA Award 1997 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival-Winner, Special Jury Award As a young boy, Dieter Dengler watched as Allied planes destroyed his village. From that instant, he knew that he wanted to fly. So at 18, he moved to America, enlisted in the Navy, and was promptly shipped off to Vietnam. During one of his first missions, however, Dengler was shot down over Laos and taken prisoner. Despite torture and starvation-at one point he weighed 85 pounds-he escaped, and after a harrowing journey through the jungle on foot, returned home. Today, even comfort and success cannot dispel the demons of his past. In this remarkable, award- winning documentary, director Werner Herzog returns to the jungle with Dengler, to tell an incredible tale of courage and survival against impossible odds. Includes a 5x7 Theatrical Poster ReplicaFeatures: Widescreen Presentation enhanced for 16x9 TVs Production Notes Werner Herzog Bio
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