One person on Rotten Tomatoes said: “Coming from a current Submariner, Das Boot is the pinnacle of submarine movies. It might ...

Jost Vacano, honored with a lifetime achievement award this year at the EnergaCamerimage cinematography fest, had his career breakthrough working with director Wolfgang Petersen on the 1981 hit film ...

The ocean was in many ways his natural habitat, as borne out by “Poseidon,” his proficient 2006 remake of “The Poseidon Adventure,” and especially “Das Boot,” the 1981 submarine-set nail biter that ...

He made it big in Hollywood, but he’s best remembered for a harrowing, Oscar-nominated German film set inside a U-boat in World War II. By A.J. Goldmann Wolfgang Petersen, one of a handful of foreign ...

Wolfgang Petersen, who rode his acclaimed German-language film “Das Boot” into a career directing Hollywood blockbusters such as “In the Line of Fire,” “Air Force One,” “The Perfect Storm” and “Troy,” ...

Wolfgang Petersen, the German director who helmed some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters, has passed away at the age of 81 following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. It’s another big loss for ...

Wolfgang Petersen, the German writer-director who surfaced in Hollywood following the triumph of his submarine masterpiece Das Boot to make the action blockbusters In the Line of Fire, Air Force One ...

After writing and directing the antiwar classic, he helmed 'Air Force One,' 'In the Line of Fire,' 'Outbreak' and 'The Perfect Storm' in Hollywood. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Petersen ...