Pilots in Pajamas (1968)

Original title

Piloten im Pyjama

Directed by

Walter Heynowski

Genre

documentary film

Country

German Democratic Republic

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This East German documentary series presents interviews and footage about American pilots captured during the Vietnam War. It focuses on their experiences and the conditions of their captivity.

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What happens

Pilots in Pajamas (German: Piloten im Pyjama) is a 1968 East German documentary film directed by Walter Heynowski and Gerhard Scheumann, produced by DEFA, and aired in four parts in April 1968 on Deutscher Fernsehfunk. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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