Little Dieter Needs to Fly - Werner Herzog (1997) [Documentary] Watch Free Full Length Online 

As a Vietnam vet 5th grp special forces 3 tours after I viewed this documentary I cryed like a baby what a incredible man, I will go to Arlington and pay my respect

I was there when Dieter came back aboard via helecopter. That was a great day for sure.

I think the next time I am tempted to complain about anything, especially that my day has been rotten....I will remember this very disturbing and incredible journey.

Originally watched this in 20006. Over 10 years later, so much detail I had forgotten. RIP Dieter.

This movie alone makes Herzog the greatest living filmaker. Absoloutely riveting and completely moving.

I just re-watched this on Feb. 20, 2018 and this video has been up for over 3 years with 28,271 views and 228 upvotes. Not one downvote. Good to see some of us are in agreement.

I've seen this before..years ago, probably this RU-vid video ..I just love his attitude..he never complained about his treatment the torture or the conditions. He just mentions it like its pretty normal. ! I think I'd be traumatised for life ! But he just takes it all in his stride. Lovely innocent man who should never have been in a war situation ,even though he coped with it really well.

Thanks for the upload 👍

This man is a good example of how important it is to never stop trying. Dengler is an inspiration!

just watched this amazing documentary after reading about it in a book!!! i started respecting more about the little things in life..a fresh breeze a good meal and good sleep.....man this documentary is really humbles you!!❤

absolutely amazing story , thank you for the upload

The film leaves you speechless !

Just watched this, googled Eugene Peyton Deatrick Jr. and found out he died last year on 30th of December 2020, which is my birthday. Can't believe how sad this makes me. Herzog evoked some pretty deep feelings.

What an incredible story of survival. A real hero

I love this guy...wish I could have met him.....amazing he can talk so candidly about his horror

God, this movie and story are so incredible.

One of Herzog's finest documentaries.

This film is amazing! It is so intense, although all you're doing is watching this man talk!

thanks for upload!

One of the greatest documentaries there is

What an amazing story. It is humbling to hear the stories of survival -from childhood to war to civilian life. Little Dieter was a real American hero.

What crazy and amazing story and man to live to talk about it

Just an amazing story,as a child looking at the those U.S planes bombing his village I bet he never could of imagined he would be doing the same exact thing for the same exact government !

36:10 - As a Brit, I've been brought up with the common misconception that German people have no sense of humour. We used to have jokes about it. Not only, even at that time, did I think this was cockamamie, but after viewing this scene, I finally understand that German and English humour is not all that different, just framed, expressed and appreciated differently. This scene is interesting... after seeing all of Herzog's films, whilst at times, you can see he is either cracking a joke or some 'tryist' point of view which appears humourous... However, this one of the only times I can wholeheartedly say that I've seen him use this specific style of humour to enthral his viewer. Excellent work Herzog!

What an amazing story of determination and persistance!

Dieter's experiences remind me of the line from the song "The Hanging Tree": "To really live, you must almost die".

Casey Neistat's section in "Tools of Titans" brought me here

thanks

Brilliant spirit....One of a kind

Dieter died 4 years after this documentary was made.

A truly phenomenal story of a powerful soul, Deiter Dengler. The music at 18:30 minutes into the video is ...wow. what is this captivating trance? What is being said?

Legend. I have true respect for him for surviving.

Thanks for the upload/ Herzog is the "Man". Thumbs up.

RIP Dieter

Extremely strong willed person. That fact that he left Germany to build a new living in the USA at the age of 18 alone is also impressive.

Love the space left for him by the fly over ..(last image)

When I first heard he had killed himself I thought it was because of all the guy had gone through. When I found out, however, that he was on a downward spiral with ALS I realized he just wanted to go out on his own terms. My mom died of ALS and if I ever get that wretched disease I'd take myself out too. Rest easy, old man, and soar with God's eagles in heaven.

Been inside of his house on my tam and driven by it many times

Incredible experience and an incredible man. Herzog’s 2006 movie, Rescue Dawn, starring Christian Bale as Dieter is an excellent and largely factual retelling of Dieter’s experiences.

Herzog der Effekthascher von 18:43, was hat Chöme, Kehlkopfgesang mit Vietnam zu tuen?

what a stud!

Casey Neistat recommended this in the New York Public Library interview of him. I'm glad I saw it. There's also a dramatized remake by Herzog called Rescue Dawn, which -- as of 11/10/17 -- is available on cable TV OnDemand. R.I.P., Dieter,

Amazing man. R.I.P

What’s the song at the end called?

Hope I stop crying before the New Year

Yea bud, ..food's important to everyone!

What an incredible man

RIP all the innocent civillians..men woman and children that died horrendous deaths beneath dieters bombs.

Dieter, I hope you are still alive and happy on your porch in your twilight years. War sucks, but your story is so uplifting. Peace.

Herzog's finest works

I have the honor of meeting one of his squadron mates and talking with him tomorrow

RIP Dieter!

anyone know did he fly off the ranger or independence??

I believe I can fly whereas he not only believed it he did.

42:53. 🥺

last a-1 skyraiders flew off the uss coral sea in 1968! usaf took over the skyraiders till 1973

the real rambo

really a impressive story & there is no doubt that the navy A-1 Skyraiders were truly @ the front of action in veitnam until 1968 great archive carrier footage as well

Those Laotian guys with the AK's recreating his torture.....what the fuck. I'd be freaking out. Hats off to you Dieter, this was an incredible account of one man's life and experiences. What his fellow pilots did for him, that is the true definition of brotherhood and the bonds people form during their time in the military, and especially war. That shot of Dieter walking through the AMARG Boneyard (Davis-Monthan), you can see why the QF-4 program lasted so long. Phantoms as far as they eye could see.

The man is very nimble.

wow!

Amazing story that I had never heard before. Herzog is a master film maker but I felt that the score for this film was inappropriate and at times distracted me from following this brave man's narrative. Nonetheless, thank you for this.

if but half were true - he is a champion ! Shame I live in the town now and when this was filmed that he showed - and yet I never heard of this guy till 5/16/20 - today ?

mr herzog could film a pile of 2 week old shite and make a 3 hour masterpiece....another of his finest

Great film. Thank you to the great un-credited, Kongar-ol Ondar for his haunting music @ 18:20. Also here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TVyyhHFKI8E.html.

5:19 “P-51 Spitfire”….???

How could God let this happen to such a holy man?

carriers in that war that had a lot of skyraiders were the midway, coral sea, kitty hawk & then the intrepid,hancock, Oriskany, bonn homme Richard, Kearsarge, forrestal,ranger,america,saratoga, independence

in memory of Thomas Kraemer...

My father fought in WW2, and the Korean war. We always had a cupboard full of beans and spam.

The poor man shot himself in 2001.

17:59

40:50 Character of Viet Cong and personal property like an Engagement Ring. Are there other accounts like this? Why were they adamant about this particular gear? Was it more to do with accountability of property, or that the VC must have full control over the POW and Villagers? I've heard other accounts of Viets stealing watches off of dead GIs, but maybe they only did that because they were dead? Or, maybe a wrist watch doesn't have the value an Engagement Ring has? Or, perhaps it's the fear factor and complete control they had to have over the Villagers. If the Villagers had become so brazen as to steal from the VC's POW, then they'd become independent enough to steal from the VC. If I recall correctly, each area was somewhat to fiercely independent of the other, and there were constantly shifting alliances. The VC had to have complete psychological "boogeyman" control via violence and fear of violence to keep the Villages loyal. Likewise, the Communist must have had a very strong understanding of how to "groom" high valued POWs. Examine how the East Asian Communists handled POWs from North Korea and then China. The Communist Chinese learned that American (and other Western UN POWs) had to be handled differently...or they'll die on you...and then Uncle Sam will go (nuclear) mad on you. So, out of a simple story comes a very complicated situation. It's not exactly the hiding an "uncomfortable hunk of metal" up one's ass to keep thieving hands from taking personal property (Pulp Fiction reference).

@32:50 so Dieter's Opa was bravely stoic in his resistance to German Fascism, which Dieter used as inspiration in his stoic defense of... American Fascism. Funny how the mind works.

You don't own the right to publish this film. It's a criminal act!

can do without the dink noise

"Little Dieter" should not have joined the Air Force if he was unprepared to go to war. He should have flown a Piper Cub at a local grass strip. Don't accept taxpayer $$ if unprepared to do the harsh, difficult work.