Wolfgang Petersen

Wolfgang Petersen

Directing

Birthday

1941/03/14

Day of death

2022/08/12 (81 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Emden, Germany

Also know as

Вольфганг Петерсен

Biography

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 Scene that he met actor Jürgen Prochnow,...Read more

Acting
Die Feindfahrt von U 96
2.0

(1981) Das Boot: Behind The Scenes

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(1996) Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung

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(2013) Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten

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Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat
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(2011) Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat

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Das Boot – Welterfolg aus der Tiefe
6.6

(2021) Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

as Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director

U-96, la véritable histoire de Das Boot
5.5

(2023) U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

(2012) Der Bernd

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4.3

(2002) Starbuck Holger Meins

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0.0

(2005) Gottschalk meets Petersen

as Himself

And the Oscar Goes To...
7.0

(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

Die unendliche Geschichte
7.2

(1984) The NeverEnding Story

as Man who drops Milk (uncredited)

The Directors
5.8

(1999) The Directors

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Wetten, dass..?
5.3

(1981) Wetten, dass..?

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0.0

(1978) Bio’s Bahnhof

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1.0

(1982) Na sowas!

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3.5

(1966) Golden Camera Awards

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Bambi-Verleihung
9.0

(1948) BAMBI Awards

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(1964) Grimme Awards Ceremony

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(1979) Bavarian Film Award

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8.0

(2006) Filmlegenden. Deutsch

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DAS!
4.2

(1991) DAS!

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NDR Talk Show
6.5

(1979) NDR Talk Show

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6.0

(1977) Please Turn the Page

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HBO First Look
4.9

(1992) HBO First Look

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