Little Dieter Needs To Fly (1997)

Foreign Film - German. Documentary about a German boy who wants to be a pilot, immigrates to USA, joins the Air Force, then the Navy and is sent to Vietnam. The story really begins in Vietnam (actually Laos) as his plane is shot down, and he is sent to a prisoner of war camp, starved, tortured, and with extraordinary luck escapes to tell the story in this film. Recommended if you like exceptional stories told from one man's perspective on a low budget. Still, some of his scrapes with death are memorable! 74 min.