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 ...

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 ...

He received an Oscar nomination for Wolfgang Petersen's submarine classic and enjoyed a two-decade collaboration with Paul Verhoeven. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor German cinematographer Jost Vacano ...

One person on Rotten Tomatoes said: "Coming from a current Submariner, Das Boot is the pinnacle of submarine movies. It might even be one of the best war movies ever made.

Academy Award-nominated director Wolfgang Petersen — who rose to fame with his German-language film “Das Boot” — has died. He was 81. Petersen died of pancreatic cancer in the arms of his wife of ...

Film critic Bob Mondello recommends the new Blu-Ray release of Wolfgang Petersen's 1981 submarine suspense film Das Boot, which also contains the... Time now for Bob Mondello to suggest titles for ...

A captivating war picture, described as "taut, breathtakingly thrilling, and devastatingly intelligent," is gripping audiences on Amazon Prime. The 1981 release, Das Boot, chronicles the harrowing ...

Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic "Das Boot" propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films "In the Line of Fire," "Air Force One" ...

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,” ...