War is a living nightmare, wreaking its destruction on innocent lives and civilizations. It casts deep wounds that shape our history, present circumstances, and potential prospects for the future.
War has been a central theme in all of human history since its inception. It inspires both captivation and terror, with stories of bravery, resilience, and courage, as well as violence and death. It is the peak of danger – where any semblance of safety or security ceases to exist for those who fight. All that remains are humanity’s yearning for survival against insurmountable odds.
Hollywood has no shortage of war films meant to both awe and educate. Some promote the best humanity can offer as people come together for a common cause. Others reveal the horrific truth behind conflict’s brutality and man’s capacity for harm on an unimaginable scale.
Here is the ultimate fan selection of the top...
War has been a central theme in all of human history since its inception. It inspires both captivation and terror, with stories of bravery, resilience, and courage, as well as violence and death. It is the peak of danger – where any semblance of safety or security ceases to exist for those who fight. All that remains are humanity’s yearning for survival against insurmountable odds.
Hollywood has no shortage of war films meant to both awe and educate. Some promote the best humanity can offer as people come together for a common cause. Others reveal the horrific truth behind conflict’s brutality and man’s capacity for harm on an unimaginable scale.
Here is the ultimate fan selection of the top...
- 3/19/2023
- by Buddy TV
- buddytv.com
Wolfgang Petersen, an Academy Award-nominated director that made several Hollywood classics, has died. Deadline first reported the news, saying the filmmaker passed away on August 12 after a long bout with pancreatic cancer at the age of 81.
Petersen was well known throughout the filmmaking industry for his blockbuster features, which were usually grand in scope and full of ambition. Among the most successful of these was "Das Boot," an adaptation of the 1973 novel of the same name by Lothar-Günther Buchheim. It told the story of a group of German submarine sailors during World War II, some of them clashing with each other over their different ideologies, as they navigated the treacherous seas during the Battle of the Atlantic. It received six Oscar nominations, one of which was for Best Director for Petersen. But that was just one of his big screen accomplishments.
An Icon Remembered
Born in Germany on March 14, 1941, Petersen...
Petersen was well known throughout the filmmaking industry for his blockbuster features, which were usually grand in scope and full of ambition. Among the most successful of these was "Das Boot," an adaptation of the 1973 novel of the same name by Lothar-Günther Buchheim. It told the story of a group of German submarine sailors during World War II, some of them clashing with each other over their different ideologies, as they navigated the treacherous seas during the Battle of the Atlantic. It received six Oscar nominations, one of which was for Best Director for Petersen. But that was just one of his big screen accomplishments.
An Icon Remembered
Born in Germany on March 14, 1941, Petersen...
- 8/16/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
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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 and The Perfect Storm, has died. He was 81.
Petersen died Friday at his Brentwood home of pancreatic cancer, publicist Michelle Bega of Rogers & Cowan Pmk told The Hollywood Reporter.
Petersen will be remembered as one of cinema’s great craftsmen, a director who was able to handle big-budget pieces while deploying a human touch.
The Dustin Hoffman-starring Outbreak, his 1995 thriller about a pandemic, saw renewed relevance amid the real-world coronavirus outbreak.
Petersen spent 18.5 million — then the biggest movie budget in German history — to make the antiwar classic Das Boot (1981). Several submarines of different sizes, including one that mimicked the claustrophobic innards of a real U-96, were constructed, and filming took a year,...
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 and The Perfect Storm, has died. He was 81.
Petersen died Friday at his Brentwood home of pancreatic cancer, publicist Michelle Bega of Rogers & Cowan Pmk told The Hollywood Reporter.
Petersen will be remembered as one of cinema’s great craftsmen, a director who was able to handle big-budget pieces while deploying a human touch.
The Dustin Hoffman-starring Outbreak, his 1995 thriller about a pandemic, saw renewed relevance amid the real-world coronavirus outbreak.
Petersen spent 18.5 million — then the biggest movie budget in German history — to make the antiwar classic Das Boot (1981). Several submarines of different sizes, including one that mimicked the claustrophobic innards of a real U-96, were constructed, and filming took a year,...
- 8/16/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Production on the big-budget television series is set to commence this summer.
Bavaria Fernsehproduktion, Sky Deutschland and Sonar Entertainment have announced that filming on the Das Boot sequel will begin this summer, and have revealed its cast.
The eight-episode series is a sequel to Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s novel and 1981 film of the same name and will premiere in autumn in 2018 in Sky territories Germany, Austria, Italy, the UK and Ireland. Co-producer Sonar Entertainment will handle international distribution in the rest of the world.
Directed by Andreas Prochaska, the 104-day shoot on the $28 million production is set to begin on August 31 in La Rochelle, France and will contine in Prague, Malta and Munich.
In addition, the cast has been announced for the event series, including including Lizzy Caplan, August Wittgenstein and Rainer Bock.
Also starring are Rick Okon, Vicky Krieps, Jonathan Zaccaϊ, Leonard Scheicher, Robert Stadlober, Franz Dinda and Stefan Konarske.
Tony Saint and [link...
Bavaria Fernsehproduktion, Sky Deutschland and Sonar Entertainment have announced that filming on the Das Boot sequel will begin this summer, and have revealed its cast.
The eight-episode series is a sequel to Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s novel and 1981 film of the same name and will premiere in autumn in 2018 in Sky territories Germany, Austria, Italy, the UK and Ireland. Co-producer Sonar Entertainment will handle international distribution in the rest of the world.
Directed by Andreas Prochaska, the 104-day shoot on the $28 million production is set to begin on August 31 in La Rochelle, France and will contine in Prague, Malta and Munich.
In addition, the cast has been announced for the event series, including including Lizzy Caplan, August Wittgenstein and Rainer Bock.
Also starring are Rick Okon, Vicky Krieps, Jonathan Zaccaϊ, Leonard Scheicher, Robert Stadlober, Franz Dinda and Stefan Konarske.
Tony Saint and [link...
- 6/30/2017
- ScreenDaily
Eichinger’s Hands Of A Mother won three prizes at the German Cinema New Talent Awards.
Florian Eichinger’s third feature Hands Of A Mother (Die Hände meiner Mutter) was the big winner at this year’s German Cinema New Talent Awards held during the 34th edition of Filmfest München (23 June - 2 July) which ended at the weekend with the international premiere of Matt Ross’ Captain Fantastic.
Eichinger received the £33k (€30k) award for Best Direction, while his lead actor Andreas Döhler was named Best Actor for his performance as a man who breaks his self-denial to recall having been sexually abused as a child by his mother.
The co-production by Kinescope Film and Bergfilm with Zdf’s Das kleine Fernsehspiel unit, which is the final part of Eichinger’s trilogy about violence within the family after 2008’s Bergfest and 2013’s Nordstrand, will be released theatrically in German cinemas by Farbfilm Verleih on 1 December. International sales are...
Florian Eichinger’s third feature Hands Of A Mother (Die Hände meiner Mutter) was the big winner at this year’s German Cinema New Talent Awards held during the 34th edition of Filmfest München (23 June - 2 July) which ended at the weekend with the international premiere of Matt Ross’ Captain Fantastic.
Eichinger received the £33k (€30k) award for Best Direction, while his lead actor Andreas Döhler was named Best Actor for his performance as a man who breaks his self-denial to recall having been sexually abused as a child by his mother.
The co-production by Kinescope Film and Bergfilm with Zdf’s Das kleine Fernsehspiel unit, which is the final part of Eichinger’s trilogy about violence within the family after 2008’s Bergfest and 2013’s Nordstrand, will be released theatrically in German cinemas by Farbfilm Verleih on 1 December. International sales are...
- 7/4/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The 1981 film “Das Boot” is getting a sequel in the form of an eight-hour miniseries. The German pay-tv platform Sky Deutschland and German production house Bavaria Film are developing a 25-million-euro ($28.3 million) television version based on the popular Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s books “Das Boot” and “Die Festung.”
The drama will be adapted by Tony Saint and Johannes W. Betz, who are treating the show as a sequel to the film and picking up from the last events that were seen in the movie.
The original film was directed by Wolfgang Petersen and followed the claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth, and sheer terror.
Read More: Go Inside The U-96 Submarine In This Fascinating ‘Das Boot’ Documentary Featurette – Watch
“Today, more than ever before, anti-war stories need to be told,” said Christian Franckenstein CEO of Bavaria Film in a statement. “The notions of war and terror are ubiquitous.
The drama will be adapted by Tony Saint and Johannes W. Betz, who are treating the show as a sequel to the film and picking up from the last events that were seen in the movie.
The original film was directed by Wolfgang Petersen and followed the claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth, and sheer terror.
Read More: Go Inside The U-96 Submarine In This Fascinating ‘Das Boot’ Documentary Featurette – Watch
“Today, more than ever before, anti-war stories need to be told,” said Christian Franckenstein CEO of Bavaria Film in a statement. “The notions of war and terror are ubiquitous.
- 6/23/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Sky Deutschland and Bavaria Film are teaming on a $28.5 million TV adaptation of the books Das Boot and Die Festung from Lothar-Günther Buchheim, which also provided the basis for Wolfgang Petersen’s classic 1980s U-boat drama. The eight-part TV series will serve as a sequel of sorts to the film, which was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Director. The film also launched the international career of actor Jurgen Prochnow. The TV series will follow on from…...
- 6/23/2016
- Deadline TV
Sky Deutschland and Bavaria Film are teaming on a $28.5 million TV adaptation of the books Das Boot and Die Festung from Lothar-Günther Buchheim, which also provided the basis for Wolfgang Petersen’s classic 1980s U-boat drama. The eight-part TV series will serve as a sequel of sorts to the film, which was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Director. The film also launched the international career of actor Jurgen Prochnow. The TV series will follow on from…...
- 6/23/2016
- Deadline
The $28.5m eight-part series will serve as a sequel to the 1981 hit film.
Bavaria Film and Sky Deutschland are developing an international high-end TV series based on the books Das Boot and Die Festungfrom Lothar-Günther Buchheim.
The $28.5m (€25m) Das Boot – The Series, which will have an international cast, is conceived as a sequel to Wolfgang Petersen’s 1981 hit film (which also counted Bavaria as a producer).
It will pick up from events at the end of the film. The crew of the U 96 returns to La Rochelle in 1942 and is exposed to a severe air raid on the submarine harbour. A portion of the crew is killed.
The series focuses primarily on the German perspective of the brutal submarine warfare that takes place from 1942 onward. The point of view expands to also include the French Resistance and the Allied Forces on both land and sea.
The 8 x 60’ series is expected to begin airing internationally in 2018 across...
Bavaria Film and Sky Deutschland are developing an international high-end TV series based on the books Das Boot and Die Festungfrom Lothar-Günther Buchheim.
The $28.5m (€25m) Das Boot – The Series, which will have an international cast, is conceived as a sequel to Wolfgang Petersen’s 1981 hit film (which also counted Bavaria as a producer).
It will pick up from events at the end of the film. The crew of the U 96 returns to La Rochelle in 1942 and is exposed to a severe air raid on the submarine harbour. A portion of the crew is killed.
The series focuses primarily on the German perspective of the brutal submarine warfare that takes place from 1942 onward. The point of view expands to also include the French Resistance and the Allied Forces on both land and sea.
The 8 x 60’ series is expected to begin airing internationally in 2018 across...
- 6/23/2016
- ScreenDaily
What’s that you say? You can hear a mournful klaxon howling in the distance? And now it’s turning into a sonar ping? That might be because someone has decided that Wolfgang Petersen’s legendary U-boat drama Das Boot is ripe for a remake. German studio Bavaria Film, which backed the original, has been raiding its archives and announced the plans for a new version of the tense film, talking to Blickpunkt about the idea, with Variety picking up the details.The original, for those who have never seen it, starred Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Groenemeyer, Klaus Wennemann and Hubertus Bengsch. Based on Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s novel, it dives you straight into the claustrophobic world inside a U-Boat during World War II, as the craft patrols the Atlantic Ocean and its crew contends with long stretches of boredom interspersed with terrifying moments of combat.As the battles rage on, the weather worsens and supplies dwindle,...
- 6/25/2015
- EmpireOnline
The American moviegoing public has never been especially enthusiastic about foreign-language films, but every now and then, a subtitled movie does cross over from the arthouse to the mainstream. The 1981 submarine thriller Das Boot was one of those movies. Written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen—who later transitioned to Hollywood blockbusters like In The Line Of Fire and The Perfect Storm—Das Boot adapts Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s novel about a German submarine crew fighting to survive World War II. In other words, it’s a story about the bad guys, which asks audiences to root for a crew ...
- 7/6/2011
- avclub.com
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