Wolfgang Petersen Biography

6.3 Air Force One1997

Genres: Thriller, Drama, Action

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Artists: Wendy Crewson, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Xander Berkeley

Hijackers seize the plane carrying the President of the United States and his family, but he (an ex-soldier) works from hiding to defeat them.

9.7 Das Boot 1981

Genres: War, History, Action, Drama

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Artists: Bernd Tauber, Martin Semmelrogge, Hubertus Bengsch, Klaus Bondam

It is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so called "Battle of the Atlantic" to harass and destroy English shipping. With better escorts of the Destroyer Class, however, German U-Boats have begun to take heavy losses. "Das Boot" is the story of one such U-Boat crew, with the film examining how these submariners maintained their professionalism as soldiers, attempted to accomplish impossible missions, while all the time attempting to understand and obey the ideology of ...

8.5 Das Boot1981

Genres: War, History, Drama, Action

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Artists: Erwin Leder, Martin Semmelrogge, Heinz Hoenig, Hubertus Bengsch

It is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so called "Battle of the Atlantic" to harass and destroy English shipping. With better escorts of the Destroyer Class, however, German U-Boats have begun to take heavy losses. "Das Boot" is the story of one such U-Boat crew, with the film examining how these submariners maintained their professionalism as soldiers, attempted to accomplish impossible missions, while all the time attempting to understand and obey the ideology of ...