 |
Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1998)Synopsis:
In 1966, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and, down to 85 pounds, escaped. Barefoot, surviving monsoons, leeches, and machete-wielding villagers, he was rescued. Now, near 60, living on Mt. Tamalpais, Dengler tells his story: a German lad surviving Allied bombings in World War II, postwar poverty, apprenticed to a smith, beaten regularly. At 18, he emigrates and peels potatoes in the U.S. Air Force. He leaves for California and college, then enlistment in the Navy to learn to fly. A quiet man of sorrows tells his story: war, capture, harrowing conditions, escape, and miraculous rescue. Where did he find the strength; how does he now live with his memories?
Resource Links:
|
|
|
Reviews & Analyses: Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Latest Questions |
When Spence and Hogan graduate from college, life is bleak. They have to work for heinous divorce lawyers that tortur...
|
 |
Manipulative high school sophomore Kimberly Joyce leads her friends Brittany Wells and Randa Azzouni in bringing char...
|
 |
A young Irish woman arrives in the U.S. and is detained by Homeland Security. With no return ticket, she is suspected...
|
 |
The vampire Angelus, now known as Angel, has a human soul, but committed terrible crimes in the past. Seeking forgive...
|
