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Wolfgang Petersen

Born 1941-03-14 Emden, Germany 11 films

Wolfgang Petersen was a German-born screenwriter, producer and film director who spent most of his career in the United States. In the 1960s he began working directing plays at the Ernst Deutsch Theater in Hamburg. After becoming interested in theater in Berlin and Hamburg, Petersen attended the Berlin Film and Television Academy (1966-70). His first productions were for German state television, and it was during his work on the popular crime series Crime …

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Filmography

11 films

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U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot' poster

The international success of the film Das Boot by Wolfgang Petersen made U-96 one of the most famou…

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U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'

★ 6.5 2023

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story poster

In 1981, a film about the misadventures of a German U-boat crew in 1941 becomes a worldwide hit alm…

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Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

★ 7.1 2021

Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films poster

A documentary about German cinema from 1960 to 1990. It follows "Verfluchte Liebe deutscher Film."

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Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films

★ 6.0 2017

Documentary about Hollywood.

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Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten

★ 0.0 2013

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Der Bernd

★ 10.0 2012

Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat poster

Author Gundolf S. Freyermuth goes Back to the Boat with director Wolfgang Petersen, star Jürgen Pro…

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