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Wolfgang Petersen


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  • Das Boot
  • Das Boot review by from Swindon
    Rated - 4.0 stars Das Good 18 January 2007
    ...the TV series and this has convinced me to go back and rent it at somepoint. Go Wolfgang Petersen!!! ...   Read customer review
  • In The Line Of Fire
  • In The Line Of Fire review by A customer from Stroud England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Another Eastwood Hit 16 August 2004
    ...is a taut fast moving thriller from the first frames right to the end. Director Wolfgang Petersen's sure touch and Eastwood's laconic dialogue combines tension, humour and a bit...   Read customer review
  • Enemy Mine
  • Enemy Mine review by HD from WEST BROMWICH
    Rated - 4.0 stars 15 April 2004
    ...nded on a harsh planet and must overcome their differences in order to survive. Wolfgang Petersen directed this movie and such hits as Air Force One, Outbreak, and In the Line o...   Read customer review

Wolfgang Petersen - filmography


  • Poseidon on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Josh Lucas,  Kurt Russell,  Jacinda Barrett
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen,  Wolfgang
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    In this remake of the 1972 disaster classic 'The Poseidon Adventure' (1972) , a luxury ocean liner capsizes from a colossal tidal wave, leaving its survivors to fend for themselves as they find a way out.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 35,557 members
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  • Poseidon - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Freddy Rodriguez,  Josh Lucas,  Kurt Russell
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen,  Wolfgang
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    German-born director Wolfgang Petersen (DAS BOOT, THE PERFECT STORM) returns to the sea for POSEIDON, a gripping remake of Ronald Neame and Irwin Allen's 1972 disaster classic, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE. As passengers celebrate New Year's Eve aboard the massive ship Poseidon, a rogue wave devastates ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 662 members
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  • Poseidon - HD (2006)
    Starring: Josh Lucas,  Kurt Russell,  Jacinda Barrett
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    German-born director Wolfgang Petersen (DAS BOOT, THE PERFECT STORM) returns to the sea for POSEIDON, a gripping remake of Ronald Neame and Irwin Allen's 1972 disaster classic, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE. As passengers celebrate New Year's Eve aboard the massive ship Poseidon, a rogue wave devastates ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 593 members
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  • Troy on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Orlando Bloom,  Sean Bean,  Brian Cox
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    With soaring photography that circles from above then swoops in for the action, TROY is Wolfgang Petersen's majestic presentation of the classic Greek legend. It tells the story of an epic battle over Helen (Diane Kruger), the queen of Sparta, who is kidnapped by her lover Paris (Orlando Bloom), ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 80,668 members
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  • The Perfect Storm on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Mark Wahlberg,  Diane Lane,  Karen Allen
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Based on the engrossing non-fiction work by Sebastian Junger about the Andrea Gail-a commercial sword-fishing boat that was lost at sea in October 1991-Wolfgang Petersen's THE PERFECT STORM brings the pages to life. The movie features a big-name cast (George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg) playing the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 10,556 members
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  • The Perfect Storm - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Mark Wahlberg,  Diane Lane,  Karen Allen
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Based on the engrossing nonfiction work by Sebastian Junger about the Andrea Gail--a commercial swordfishing boat that was lost at sea in October 1991--Wolfgang Petersen's THE PERFECT STORM brings the pages to life. The movie features a big-name cast (George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg) playing the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,497 member
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  • Air Force One - Blu-ray (1997)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Gary Oldman,  Glenn Close
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) is one of the most respected leaders in the history of America. When Kazakhstanian separatists commit atrocities on their own people, Marshall authorizes a guerrilla mission to take their leader, General Radek (Jurgen Prochnow), into custody and restore the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,102 members
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  • Air Force One on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Gary Oldman,  Glenn Close
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) is one of the most respected leaders in the history of America. When Kazakhstanian separatists commit atrocities on their own people, Marshall authorizes a guerrilla mission to take their leader, General Radek (Jurgen Prochnow), into custody and restore the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 11,315 members
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  • Outbreak on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Rene Russo,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In director Wolfgang Petersen's fast-paced, intelligently written thriller, Dustin Hoffman plays Col. Sam Daniels, an expert on infectious diseases who is called in to study the outbreak of a deadly illness in Zaire. He finds a virus that spreads so quickly it could wipe out an entire nation in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 9,698 members
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  • In The Line Of Fire on DVD (1993)
    Starring: John Malkovich,  Rene Russo,  Dylan McDermott
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Clint Eastwood delivers one of his finest performances, as a secret service agent haunted by his past in Wolfgang Petersen's taut thriller In the Line of Fire. Eastwood plays Frank Horrigan, a secret service agent who keeps thinking back to November 22, 1963, when, as an agent hand-picked by ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 10,037 members
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  • Shattered (1991)
    Starring: Tom Berenger,  Bob Hoskins,  Greta Scacchi
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A wealthy and powerful architect is left with a completely disfigured face and amnesia after his car plummets off a cliff. As he struggles to reconstruct his life, he experiences strange flashbacks of nightmarish and erotic memories that don't match the story he has been told.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 41 members
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  • Enemy Mine on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Dennis Quaid,  Louis Gossett Jr.,  Brion James
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    During a bloody battle, two warring ships crash on a barren planet, with only one survivor from each ship. At first, the human pilot and the lizardlike Drac continue to fight, but the planet's harsh climate and the need to survive force them to form a tense alliance. Over time, they put old ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,816 members
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  • The Neverending Story on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Barret Oliver,  Gerald McRaney,  Noah Hathaway
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Bastian is a young boy who lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies. On one such occasion he escapes into a book shop where the old proprieter reveals an ancient story-book to him, which he is warned can be dangerous. Shortly after, he "borrows" the book and begins to read it in the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 5,519 members
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  • Das Boot - Blu-ray (1981)
    Starring: Jurgen Prochnow,  Herbert Gronemeyer
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In the midst of World War II, a German U-boat crew is sent out to patrol the Atlantic and fire at Allied ships bringing supplies to England. The submarine also carries a press correspondent, there to report from the front lines of nautical warfare. Meanwhile, the crew's captain (Jurgen Prochnow) is ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 230 members
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  • Das Boot on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Jurgen Prochnow,  Herbert Gronemeyer
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In the midst of World War II, a German U-boat crew is sent out to patrol the Atlantic and fire at Allied ships bringing supplies to England. The submarine also carries a press correspondent, there to report from the front lines of nautical warfare. Meanwhile, the crew's captain (Jurgen Prochnow- IN ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 22,160 members
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  • The Consequence (1977)
    Starring: Jürgen Prochnow,  Ernst Hannawald,  Walo Lüönd
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Thomas is the son of a prison warden. He falls for and seduces Martin, who is older and one of the prison inmates. After Martin is released, They try to build a relationship and a life together but, no one will let them alone.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 3 members
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  • Troy - HD
    Starring: Orlando Bloom,  Sean Bean,  Brian Cox
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In 1193B.C. the dandy Trojan prince Paris (Bloom) irresponsibly spirits away the unhappy wife of Menelaus (Gleeson), the Spartan king. Demanding the return of Helen, the Greeks launch a thousand ships and lay siege to Troy. Under the command of Agamemnon (Cox), revered warrior Achilles (Pitt) leads ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,006 member
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Wolfgang Petersen facts

5 most recent films

Poseidon - 3.0 stars
Poseidon - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Poseidon - HD - 3.0 stars
Troy - 3.0 stars
Troy - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Das Boot - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Das Boot - The Mini Series - 4.0 stars
The Neverending Story - 3.5 stars
Das Boot - 3.5 stars
The Neverending Story - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Consequence - 3.0 stars
Shattered - 3.5 stars
Poseidon - 3.0 stars
The Perfect Storm - 3.0 stars
Poseidon - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Eric Bana - 13 times - show films
Brendan Gleeson - 13 times - show films
Diane Kruger - 13 times - show films
Peter O'Toole - 13 times - show films
Orlando Bloom - 13 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Wolfgang - 2 times - show films
Eric Bana - 2 times - show films
Wolfgang Peterse - 2 times - show films