Oct 20, 1999
65 min
Full-HD

Wings of Hope (1999)

Werner Herzog returns to the South American jungle with Juliane Koepcke, the German woman who was the sole survivor of a plane crash there in 1971. They find the remains of the plane and recreate her journey out of the jungle.

Category

Documentary TV Movie

Country

Germany United Kingdom

Companies

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion ZDF Enterprises BBC Bristol Productions Outpost Studios

Werner Herzog

Self

Juliane Koepcke

Self

Juan Zaplana Ramirez

Self

Erich Diller

Self

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