The 1981 film Das Boot became an unlikely hit because Wolfgang Petersen did a great job showing how claustrophobic life in a submarine, especially when it’s constantly under threat, can be. About ten ...

Das Boot first hit screens back in 1981 and has previously been regarded as one of the greatest war films ever made. The film is an adaptation of Lothar-Günther Buchheim's partly-autobiographical ...

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 ...

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 ...