Episode 026 - Little Dieter Needs to Fly
In this episode we discuss Herzog’s 1997 film Little Dieter Needs to Fly, a documentary about German-American pilot Dieter Dengler’s extraordinary experiences and escape as a POW in Vietnam. Herzog would later go on to direct a narrative feature, Rescue Dawn, starring Christian Bale, about the same subject.
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Episode 026 - Little Dieter Needs to Fly