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  • Das Boot
  • Das Boot review by Zygon from Nuneaton
    Rated - 5.0 stars Best War Film 14 October 2008
    ...ents of the film's main protagonists........ The Captain (brilliantly played by Jurgen Prochnow) who belongs to 'the old guard' and is cynical towards the Nazis. His pride in ...   Read customer review
  • Replacement Killers
  • Replacement Killers review by from DAGENHAM
    Rated - 4.0 stars 23 February 2004
    ...rismatic and cool as ever! Mira Sorvino is good as the female interest and even Jurgen Prochnow turns in a decent performance!! Well worth a look and a good edition to any fil...   Read customer review

Jurgen Prochnow - filmography


  • Bad Cop on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Clifford 'Method Man' Smith,  Johnny Strong,  Bas Rutten
    Director: William Kaufman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Action thriller set in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. Johnny Strong stars as Sean Riley, a beleaguered police detective struggling to cope with the recent death of his young son and the subsequent breakdown of his marriage. After a call goes horribly wrong, Riley looks set to lose his job. But ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 254 members
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  • Primeval Kill on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Brooke Langton,  Gideon Emery,  Jurgen Prochnow
    Director: Michael Katleman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Up the jungle horror-thriller based on the true story of a slightly larger than normal, exceedingly hungry, crocodile. On hearing the tales of a monster croc that has been responsible for over 300 deaths, TV producer Tim Manfrey (Dominic Purcell) and cameraman Steven Johnson (Orlando Jones) are ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 547 members
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  • See Arnold Run on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Roland Kickinger,  Alex Hyde White,  Nicole DeHuff
    Director: J.B. Rogers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Biopic of action star turned politician Arnold Schwarzenegger, focusing on two distinct stages of his life. In 2003, a middle-aged Arnold (played by Jurgen Prochnow) is running in the gubernatorial campaign in California, supported by his wife Maria Shriver (Mariel Hemingway). In 1974, a young ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 248 members
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  • The Last Run on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Aleksandra Vujcic,  Jurgen Prochnow,  Ornella Muti
    Director: Anthony Hickox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Frank Banner (Armand Assante) used to be the leader of a top-secret team, whose speciality was rescuing defecting Russian spies. However, although the Cold War is over, an ex-KGB head wanted by both the Russian Mafia and the CIA wants to escape. Banner must get his team back together for one last ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 44% from 88 members
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  • Return To Death Row on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Larry Drake,  Jurgen Prochnow,  Judd Nelson
    Director: Gregory Gieras
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Dr Maggie Belham is a top psychologist brought into an abandoned high security asylum to help trap 'The Trasher', the city's most notorious killer, who is running loose in the prison. But he proves unstoppable and Dr Belham is soon ambushed and held captive, with only the janitor to help her. ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 25 members
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  • The Bible - Esther on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Frank Baker,  Thomas Kretschmann,  Jurgen Prochnow
    Director: Raffaele Mertes
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Made-for-television dramatisation of the Bible story. Esther (Louise Lombard) is a young Jewish girl summoned to join the court of the Persian king (Thomas Kretschmann), along with several other young women, after he is insulted by his wife. Her captivating beauty seduces him into making her his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 659 members
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  • On Dangerous Ground on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Jurgen Prochnow,  Kenneth Cranham,  Rob Lowe
    Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Made-for-TV action thriller based on the bestseller by Jack Higgins. When the Chinese, the British government, Hong Kong businessmen and the mafia all find out about a secret covenant on the status of Hong Kong, signed by Chairman Mao in 1944, they will each do whatever it takes to be the first to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 144 members
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  • Judge Dredd (1995)
    Starring: Diane Lane,  Rob Schneider,  Joanna Miles
    Director: Danny Cannon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Judge Dredd (Sylvester Stallone) - the most feared policeman in Mega City One - finds himself on the wrong side of the law when he is framed by those inside the Great Hall of Justice. He must try to clear his name and wipe out the corruption in the city, with the help of a small time criminal, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 10,352 members
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  • Trigger Fast on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Martin Sheen,  Corbin Bernsen,  Jurgen Prochnow
    Director: David Lister
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Western set in America's Deep South in 1867. Eager to appropriate more land, greedy businessman Brent Mallick (Corbin Bernsen) has cattle-owner Jack Neumann (Jürgen Prochnow) killed. To protect Neumann's neighbour, Freida LaSalle (Walker Brandt), from losing her land to Mallick, former Confederate ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 20 members
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  • Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Ray Wise,  Chris Isaak,  Sheryl Lee
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    David Lynch's prequel to his cult television series Twin Peaks concerns the last seven days in the life of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee), whose plastic-wrapped corpse, found floating in a river, was the fulcrum for the television series. During the day in the town of Twin Peaks, Laura is a top honors ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7,540 members
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  • Body Of Evidence on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Madonna,  Jurgen Prochnow,  Anne Archer
    Director: Uli Edel
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A millionaire dies while engaged in sado-masochistic sex with his mistress (Madonna) and she is accused of murdering him with her over-developed sexual desires. Lawyer Frank Dulaney (William Dafoe) takes her case, but also becomes involved with her, a dangerous position to be in when his faith in ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1,461 member
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  • Kill Cruise (1990)
    Starring: Jurgen Prochnow,  Patsy Kensit,  Elizabeth Hurley
    Director: Peter Keglevic
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Tense thriller starring Patsy Kensit and Elizabeth Hurley as a pair of young dancers who embark on a dangerous voyage with a washed-up German sailor. The Skipper (Jürgen Prochnow) is haunted by a recent accident at sea in which a number of his friends died. He spends an unhealthy amount of time ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 2 members
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  • A Dry White Season on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Donald Sutherland,  Janet Suzman,  Zakes Mokae
    Director: Euzhan Palcy
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardeners son is brutally beaten up by the police at a demonstration by black school children, he gradually begins to realise his society is built on a pillar of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 242 members
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  • The Seventh Sign on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Akosua Busia,  Peter Friedman,  Demi Moore
    Director: Carl Schultz
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Abby Quinn (Demi Moore) is already troubled by a difficult and painful pregnancy when she and her husband (Michael Biehn) decide to rent their studio apartment to the mysterious David (Jurgen Prochnow). Plagued by ever more violent visions, Abby begins to realise that she and her unborn child play ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 797 members
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  • Dune - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: Francesca Annis,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Sian Phillips
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    'Blue Velvet' and 'Twin Peaks' director David Lynch made this sci-fi epic set on planet Dune, where a precious life-enhancing spice is guarded by monster worms. Paul Atreides (Kyle MacLachlan) is the Prince who leads his people against the territorial designs of the Harkonnens, and who, once on ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 320 members
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  • Dune on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Francesca Annis,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Sian Phillips
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    David Lynch wades through dark waters in his adaptation of Frank Herbert's cult science fiction novel. In condensing Herbert's rambling and complex book by eliminating characters and compacting events, Lynch succeeds in rendering the story incomprehensible to those unfamiliar with the novel and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 11,463 members
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  • The Keep (1983)
    Starring: Scott Glenn,  Ian McKellen,  Gabriel Byrne
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    It's World War II, in German occupied Romania. Nazi soldiers have been sent to garrison a mysterious fortress, but a nightmarish discovery is soon made. 'The Keep' was not built to keep anything out. The massive structure was, in fact, built to keep something in....
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 318 members
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  • Love Is Forever on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Michael Landon,  Edward Woodward,  Moira Chen
    Director: Hall Bartlett
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Made-for-television adventure starring Michael Landon. In 1977, John Everingham (Landon) is a journalist accused of being a spy while working in Laos. As a result, he is tortured and expelled from the country. One year later, Everingham attempts to return to the communist-controlled country to ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 34% from 15 members
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  • Das Boot on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Jurgen Prochnow,  Herbert Gronemeyer
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Wolfgang Petersen's director's cut version of life on a German U-96 features considerable material cut from the original feature. Regarded as one of the most accurate representations of Germany's elite U-Boat crewmen during World War Two, the story is told from the crew's perspective and emphasises ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 19,501 members
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  • Das Boot - Blu-ray (1981)
    Starring: Jurgen Prochnow,  Herbert Gronemeyer
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Wolfgang Petersen's director's cut version of life on a German U-96 features considerable material cut from the original feature. Regarded as one of the most accurate representations of Germany's elite U-Boat crewmen during World War Two, the story is told from the crew's perspective and emphasises ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 84% from 374 members
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Jurgen Prochnow facts

5 most recent films

Bad Cop - 3.0 stars
Bad Cop - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Primeval Kill - 3.0 stars
See Arnold Run - 2.0 stars
The Last Run - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Das Boot - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Das Boot - The Mini Series - 4.0 stars
Das Boot - 3.5 stars
In the Mouth of Madness - 3.5 stars
Dune - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Love Is Forever - 1.5 stars
Return To Death Row - 2.0 stars
Trigger Fast - 2.0 stars
Kill Cruise - 2.5 stars
Lost Honor Of Katharina Blum - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Herbert Gronemeyer - 6 times - show films
Max von Sydow - 4 times - show films
Dean Stockwell - 3 times - show films
Everett McGill - 3 times - show films
Kenneth McMillan - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Wolfgang Petersen - 8 times - show films
David Lynch - 7 times - show films
William Kaufman - 3 times - show films
Volker Schlondorff - 2 times - show films
Peter Keglevic - 2 times - show films