Wings of Hope

Infobox_Film
name = Wings of Hope


caption = Juliane Köpcke sitting on a row of seats in the jungle
director = Werner Herzog
narrator = Werner Herzog
producer = Lucki Stipetic
cinematography = Peter Zeitlinger
editing = Joe Bini
starring = Juliane Köpcke
Werner Herzog
music =
released = 2000
runtime = 70 minutes
language = German English (official dub)
imdb_id = 0249248

"Wings of Hope" ( _de. Julianes Sturz in den Dschungel) is a 2000 made for TV documentary directed by Werner Herzog. The film explores the story of Juliane Köpcke, a German woman who was the sole survivor of plane crash of Peruvian flight LANSA Flight 508 in 1971. Herzog was inspired to make this film as he narrowly avoided taking the very same flight while he was location scouting for "Aguirre, Wrath of God". His reservation was canceled due to a last minute change in itinerary.cite book
last = Herzog
first = Werner
title = Herzog on Herzog
publisher = Faber and Faber
date = 2001
isbn = 0-571-20708-1 ]

In the film, Herzog and Köpcke visit the scenes of her flight, crash, and escape from the jungle. They take a flight from Lima to Pucallpa (though with a different airline), and sit in the same row of seats where Köpke sat during the crash. They unearth many large fragments of the plane in the jungle, and then visit the river routes where she traveled for 10 days on foot, and the small village where she was eventually found by three men, one of whom appears in the film.

"Wings of Hope" is often seen as a companion piece [ [http://www.enzedff.co.nz/n3948.html Wings of Hope ] ] [ [http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/06/herzog.html Werner Herzog ] ] or sequel to Herzog's 1997 film "Little Dieter Needs to Fly", in which he retraces the steps of an American soldier's successful escape from a POW camp during the Viet Nam War.

Production

Herzog had planned to make the film ever since narrowly missing the flight, but was unable to contact Köpcke for many years, as she typically shied away from any media coverage. Herzog finally located her in Munich after contacting the priest who performed the funeral for Köpcke's mother. Köpcke's dreams, as described in the film and shot in documentary style, were invented and scripted by Herzog.

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