Julianes Sturz in den Dschungel / Wings of Hope - 2000 - Werner Herzog
Bundled with Little Dieter is this similar tale of the survivor of a plane crash, making her way through the jungle.
But while Dieter Dengler loves to tell stories, Juliane Koepcke is much more clinical.
Clearly a scientist, we follow her as she explores the site of the 1971 plane crash, that killed her mum, and left her alone in the Peruvian jungle for weeks.
We find seats, instrument panels, the emergency exit, and a whole section of the fuselage intact.
For me, hacking my way through the jungle, and stumbling upon an aeroplane engine and propeller would be strange, but for Julianes she’s numbed to it.
As Werner keeps pointing out, this is the way she copes.
“As a result of her fall, Julianes’ eyes were so bloodshot that people she met fled in panic, thinking they had seen a forest demon”
After 30 years the jungle still hasn’t swallowed the wreckage.
After 40 years, Werner keeps making great documentaries.
