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  • Das Boot
  • Das Boot review by from Swindon
    Rated - 4 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!!! ...  
  • In The Line Of Fire
  • In The Line Of Fire review by A customer from Stroud England
    Rated - 4 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...  
  • Enemy Mine
  • Enemy Mine review by from WEST BROMWICH
    Rated - 4 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...  

Wolfgang Petersen - filmography


  • Poseidon - HD DVD Version (2006)
    Starring: Emmy Rossum,  Jimmy Bennett,  Kevin Dillon
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 538 members
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  • Troy on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Brad Pitt,  Orlando Bloom,  Sean Bean
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 75,375 members
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  • The Perfect Storm on DVD (2000)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Mark Wahlberg,  Diane Lane
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 8,528 members
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  • Air Force One on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Gary Oldman,  Glenn Close
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 9,443 members
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  • Outbreak on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Rene Russo,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
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  • In The Line Of Fire on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Clint Eastwood,  John Malkovich,  Rene Russo
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Aging secret service agent Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood), on duty the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, is still unable to forget his failure on that fateful day, even as he nears retirement in 1993. When Mitch Leary (John Malkovich), a psychotic man calling himself Booth, threatens ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 8,530 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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 20 members
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  • Das Boot - The Mini Series (2 discs) on DVD (1985)
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Regarded as one of the most accurate representations of Germany's U-Boat crew during World War II, this DVD consists of a digitally remastered version of the original classic.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 2,618 members
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  • Neverending Story, The - BLU-RAY Version (1984)
    Starring: Barret Oliver,  Noah Hathaway
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In director Wolfgang Petersen's charming fantasy, Bastian (Barrett Oliver), a lonely schoolboy alienated from his father and bullied by his classmates, retreats to an attic where he becomes engrossed in a book entitled THE NEVERENDING STORY. It is the tale of a magical kingdom appropriately named ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 1 member
    Due for release on 22nd March 2010
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  • Das Boot on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Jurgen Prochnow,  Herbert Gronemeyer
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 &#..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 19,366 members
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  • Troy - HD DVD Version
    Starring: Brad Pitt,  Orlando Bloom,  Sean Bean
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
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Wolfgang Petersen facts

5 most recent films

Poseidon - HD DVD Version - 3.0 stars
Poseidon - BLU-RAY Version - 2.0 stars
Poseidon - 3.0 stars
Troy - 3.0 stars
Troy - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Das Boot - The Mini Series - 4.0 stars
The Neverending Story - 3.5 stars
Das Boot - 3.5 stars
In The Line Of Fire - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Troy - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Poseidon - BLU-RAY Version - 2.0 stars
Shattered - 3.5 stars
Neverending Story, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Poseidon - 3.0 stars
The Perfect Storm - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Eric Bana - 5 times - show films
Brendan Gleeson - 5 times - show films
Diane Kruger - 5 times - show films
Peter O'Toole - 5 times - show films
Orlando Bloom - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Eric Bana - 1 times - show films
Wolfgang Peterse - 1 times - show films
none - 1 times - show films