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'Das Boot' director Wolfgang Petersen dead at 81
The film earned him two Oscar nominations
17 August, 12:38
(ANSA-AFP) - LOS ANGELES, AUG 17 - German director Wolfgang
Petersen, who achieved international fame with films "Das Boot,"
"Outbreak" and "Air Force One," has died from pancreatic cancer,
a spokeswoman said. He was 81. Petersen, who directed Hollywood
A-listers including Clint Eastwood, Dustin Hoffman, George
Clooney, Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt over a career spanning five
decades, died in Los Angeles on Friday. Born in Emden, Germany
in 1941, Petersen scored his first major success with World War
II submarine thriller "Das Boot," adapted from a novel of the
same name about the Battle of the Atlantic. The film earned him
two Oscar nominations at the 1983 Academy Awards, including for
best director. (ANSA-AFP).
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