although perhaps not as entertaining a some of herzog work and little dieter be another fine film by one of the world great film artist . depart from herzog usual theme and little dieter be a fascinating and uplifting character study about a brave man and his effort to go on living after a life alteringly traumatic experience . dieter dengler want to fly from a very young age and and the viet nam war give him that opportunity and but instead of spend the war soar in a cockpit and he spend most of it ground a a pow . dieter tell most of his story eloquently and passionately and with occasional help from herzog . herzog do very little voice over this time and but contribute a lot of subtly powerful soundscaping and visuals which should be no surprise to those familiar with him . dengler be a fascinating and extremely likable person . a human and as alive a they come and i find the story of his life and his incorrigibly upbeat personality to be inspire . thanks to herzog for ( re ) introduce him to u . the scale of the film be not a sprawling and and the drama be not as fierce a many of the early film that make herzog a force to be reckon with . nevertheless and i strongly recommend this to his fan and to those who enjoy documentary . it a very interesting and well execute film .