“The Boat” is the story of the crew of one of the hundreds of U-boats deployed by the Germans in World War II. Read More »
Tag Archives: Wolfgang Petersen
Enemy Mine (1985) Wolfgang Petersen, Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James
A soldier from Earth crash-lands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Read More »
Tatort: Kurzschluß (1975) Wolfgang Petersen, Günter Lamprecht, Dieter Laser, Klaus Schwarzkopf, Crime, Drama
A bankruptcy has consequences. The perpetrator, Kallweit, takes the trading agent Höllbrock as hostage and curse car driver on the flight. Freidahl, who is guilty of being guilty, can pursue her, and the perpetrator has to leave the prey some time.
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Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte / Black and White Like Day and Night (1978) Wolfgang Petersen, Bruno Ganz, Gila von Weitershausen, René Deltgen, Drama
A scientist who swore off playing chess after a nervous breakdown as a boy wunderkind, creates an undefeated chess program. But the Russian world champ beats Tommy Rosemund’s masterwork in a televised match. So the West German mathematician becomes a top chess pro himself, which the West German media boast will prove the superiority of Germany and democracy. The jowly, white-faced Rosemund believes that the entire Red Communist bloc is out to stop him from vanquishing their atheist pretty boy, Stefan Koruga, to become the next Bobby Fischer and a symbol that ruthless capitalism is preferable to socialism.
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