Screen LibraryWerner Herzog documentaries. DVD 7, Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten ; Little Dieter needs to fly
Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten: a film about Indigenous Contra child soldiers tragically caught up in the Miskito Indian resistance of Nicaragua. A tribute to all those children who are being forced to fight wars at ever younger ages in ever larger numbers.
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| Literature type: | Video DVD |
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Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten: a film about Indigenous Contra child soldiers tragically caught up in the Miskito Indian resistance of Nicaragua. A tribute to all those children who are being forced to fight wars at ever younger ages in ever larger numbers. Little Dieter needs to fly: growing up in post World War II Germany, Dieter Dengler, the son of a Nazi slain during the war, dreamed about becoming a pilot. At age 18 he emigrated to the United States and worked odd jobs until he was accepted into the Navy and began pilot training. He was sent to Vietnam around 1966 and on his first mission was shot down and taken prisoner. There, the Vietcong tortured him until Dengler engineered a hair-raising escape and eventually returned to the U.S. His story is recounted here via interviews with Dengler, archival footage and new footage seamlessly spliced together. |
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Donation. DVD set accompanied by book: Ekstase und Wahrheit = Ecstasy and truth = Estasi e verità / Grazia Paganelli. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| CLC: | 791.06 |
| Call Number: | 791.06/WER/7 |
| Contents: | Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten = Ballad of the little soldier (1984)(71 min.) -- Little Dieter needs to fly = Flucht aus Laos (1998)(45 min.). |