Little Dieter Needs to Fly ranks among the very best of Herzog's work, and though it spawned the large scale production of 'Rescue Dawn', the original stands on its own as a masterpiece of documentary filmmaking.
A highly engrossing (and frankly, incredible) story, told from the eyes of Dieter Dengler, a man who enlisted in the army during the Vietnam war so he could fulfill his childhood fantasy of flying a plane.
I won't get into the details of his story, but I will say that it is one of the single most gripping and moving accounts of survival I have ever heard, and it is made all the more powerful by Dieter's retelling and countenance. His attitude towards life is unfazed; he amazingly not only survived, but kept his wits about him, a childlike innocence and curiosity about the world still intact.
This is one of the greatest documentaries ever made.
A highly engrossing (and frankly, incredible) story, told from the eyes of Dieter Dengler, a man who enlisted in the army during the Vietnam war so he could fulfill his childhood fantasy of flying a plane.
I won't get into the details of his story, but I will say that it is one of the single most gripping and moving accounts of survival I have ever heard, and it is made all the more powerful by Dieter's retelling and countenance. His attitude towards life is unfazed; he amazingly not only survived, but kept his wits about him, a childlike innocence and curiosity about the world still intact.
This is one of the greatest documentaries ever made.