Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog returns to direct his first feature
since 2001's Invincible with this dramatic action film inspired by his own 1997
documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly and detailing the escape efforts of a
German-American pilot who was taken as a prisoner-of-war after being shot down
over Laos during the Vietnam War. When U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler
(Christian Bale) escaped death after being shot down over one of the most
intense front lines in the Vietnam War, his troubles were only beginning.
Subsequently taken captive by the enemy and forced to endure a harrowing stint
in a Vietnamese prison camp, Dengler and his fellow captives stage a
death-defying escape that would later inspire one of Germany's most accomplished
directors to capture the remarkable tale on camera. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie
Guide
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