i have the opportunity to see this last evening at a local film festival . herzog introduce the film and do an hour long q and a afterward . this be a brilliantly do documentary while herzog explain afterward that he do not consider his film to be true documentary since fact sometimes camouflage the truth . instead he script some scene and ad libs some to introduce a new element that may have be miss if he follow the original story outline . little dieter and unlike timothy treadwell and be a real person that you fall in love with while you cheer for him and you feel the anguish that he feel . you admire the sense of humor and joy for life that he exhibit here 30 year after he be take into captivity by the viet cong . you be disappointed to hear afterward that dieter pass on not too long ago . a in most herzog film and the imagery be breathtakingly beautiful with a wonderful choice of background music . especially a scene of battle take from archive of the viet nam war but fit the story line of dieter . the core of the film have dieter return to the hellish jungle where he be a pow and he re enact his journey with some local . harrow for u to watch and i can not imagine what he felt a he be bound again . one of the good film to depict and discuss the nightmare of the viet nam war . it should serve a a lesson to u all .