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  • Das Boot
  • Das Boot review by Paul Thomas 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 Ken#14 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: 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 »
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  • Troy (2 discs) on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Brad Pitt,  Orlando Bloom,  Sean Bean
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    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 »
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  • The Perfect Storm on DVD (2000)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Mark Wahlberg,  Diane Lane
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    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 »
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  • Air Force One on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Gary Oldman,  Glenn Close
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    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 »
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  • Outbreak on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Rene Russo,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    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: 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 70% from 2,739 members
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  • Shattered (1991)
    Starring: Tom Berenger,  Bob Hoskins,  Greta Scacchi
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: TBC
    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 67% from 11 members
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  • Das Boot - Director's Cut on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Jurgen Prochnow,  Herbert Gronemeyer
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    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) is ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 82% from 1,428 members
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  • Das Boot on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Jurgen Prochnow,  Herbert Gronemeyer
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    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 »
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  • Troy - HD DVD Version
    Starring: Brad Pitt,  Orlando Bloom,  Sean Bean
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    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 - downloads


  • Poseidon for Download (2006)
    Starring: Josh Lucas,  Kurt Russell,  Jacinda Barrett
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: 12
    Buy from: £9.99
    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.
    Rate this: 3.0 60% from 28 members
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  • Troy for Download (2004)
    Starring: Brad Pitt,  Orlando Bloom,  Sean Bean
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: 15
    Buy from: £7.99
    Run time: 163 minutes
    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: 3.0 60% from 28 members
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  • Das Boot for Download
    Starring: Jurgen Prochnow,  Herbert Gronemeyer
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: 15
    Rent from: £2.99
    Run time: 200 minutes
    Das Boot is a graphic and gripping tale that follows the daring patrol of U-96, one of the famed German U-Boats known as ‘The Grey Wolves’. Prowling the North Atlantic, they challenged the British Navy at every turn. The crew abroad the U-96 is portrayed in a desperate life-and-death struggle, ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.0 79% from 162 members
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  • The Perfect Storm for Download
    Starring: Dash Mihok,  Cherry Jones,  John C. Reilly
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: 12
    Buy from: £9.99
    Run time: 129 minutes
    Welcome to Hell. 100 foot waves, hurricane force winds and the thunderous roaring that can only mean one thing: you have entered The Perfect Storm. George Clooney & Mark Wahlberg fight for survival as their fishing vessel, the Andrea Gail, is ensnared in a freak weather system made of not ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 58% from 204 members
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Wolfgang Petersen facts

5 most recent films


Poseidon - HD DVD Version - 3.0 stars
Poseidon - 3.0 stars
Troy - 3.0 stars
Troy - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Perfect Storm, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films


The Neverending Story - 3.5 stars
Das Boot - 3.5 stars
Das Boot - Director's Cut - 3.5 stars
In The Line Of Fire - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Air Force One - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Shattered - 3.5 stars
Poseidon - 3.0 stars
The Perfect Storm - 3.0 stars
Perfect Storm, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Troy - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Brian Cox - 4 times - show films
Orlando Bloom - 4 times - show films
Diane Kruger - 4 times - show films
Eric Bana - 4 times - show films
Rene Russo - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Eric Bana - 1 times - show films
Wolfgang Peterse - 1 times - show films