Movie: Little Dieter Needs to Fly

Top 3 Billed Cast

Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog

Narrator (voice)

Dieter Dengler
Dieter Dengler

Self

Eugene Deatrick
Eugene Deatrick

Self

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Werner Herzog film collection: Little Dieter Needs To Fly - Trailer

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Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)

Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)

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