Little Dieter Needs to Fly

1997 · 80 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 7,067 VOTES · DIR. Werner Herzog

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Overview

Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early years of the Vietnam War. Accompanied by director Werner Herzog, Dengler describes in unusually candid detail his captivity, the friendships he made, and his daring escape. Not willing to stop there, Herzog even persuades his subject to re-enact certain tortures, with the help of some willing local villagers.

Dialogue Timeline — 990 lines

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00:00:30 -Come on in. -Nice to see you. -Yeah, good seeing you.
00:05:11 Well, looking out here you see a B-51 Mus...uh, Spitfire.
00:07:50 Here was my father, clear as a picture in the middle of the river standing
00:11:11 This picture was sent to me recently by a friend.
00:15:08 I had two weeks to wait for my ship to leave and I hitchhiked...
00:17:31 I went to night school. I became a citizen.
00:22:15 Then I must have passed out because maybe a minute later I came back.
00:25:16 And then we started to run. We ran and ran.
00:28:10 There was a hell of a racket. I quickly went back up. I laid down again.
00:30:45 There's screaming and yelling. They had forgotten about me.
00:33:09 I was tortured and they wanted me to sign a piece of paper saying...
00:37:16 A leaf should slice easily in two.
00:40:55 they took everything away from me...
00:44:05 And only three hours later they opened the door and let the other guys come out.
00:46:53 And every so often we were lucky to catch that snake.
00:49:31 into this hut over here, without being seen, the other guys would follow me.
00:52:08 It lifted him up, it threw him down to the ground.
00:54:48 I clung on this rock and I looked over the side and...
00:57:38 Not to be swept down with this mud overnight.
00:59:51 He turned around, he ran. In fact, they all started running
01:03:49 We were late getting off.
01:06:07 And I asked them if anyone had been shot down.
01:08:48 He was safe now, but he was sure this was only a dream.
02:01:02 later we arrived in this village.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed990
Dialogue density12.4 lines / min
First line00:00:30
Final line02:01:02

Production Record

DirectorWerner Herzog
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes7,067