The successful action director died at his home in Los Angeles after losing a battle with cancer, his assistant said. His World War II submarine epic "Das Boot" was a worldwide success Wolfgang ...

Anyone who thinks spending three-and-a-half hours trapped in a darkened room might be a tough call should be made to watch Das Boot - and count themselves lucky. Lucky on two counts as it happens: ...

Wolfgang Petersen's 1982 breakthrough film Das Boot was nominated for six Oscars He said his childhood in post-WWII Germany attracted him to glamorous dreams and clear clashes of good and evil He ...