Little Dieter Needs to Fly
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In this Werner Herzog documentary, German-born pilot Dieter Dengler recounts his extraordinary escape from a prison camp in Laos after being shot down during the Vietnam War. Returning to the jungle where he was held, he relives capture, starvation and a desperate bid for freedom. Herzog turns one man's survival into a haunting meditation on obsession and the will to fly. It is a gripping and singular war story. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.
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