12 Movies Starring Jèrgen Prochnow

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1975-10-10

Languages:

German

Countries:

West Germany

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (2618 Reviews)

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Heinrich Bèll (novel)

Volker Schlèndorff (screenplay)

Margarethe von Trotta (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Katharina Blum is a young handsome German maid. She meets Ludwig, and they fall in love at once. They spend the night together. In the morning, the police bursts in her flat, looking for Ludwig : he is a terrorist. But he was no longer here. Katharina is arrested, humiliated, suspected to be a terrorist herself, dragged in the mud by the newspapers... A plea for democracy and individual rights.

Das Boot

Das Boot

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-02-10

Languages:

German, English, French

Countries:

West Germany

Runtime:

149 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.4 (152788 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Wolfgang Petersen (screenplay)

Lothar G. Buchheim (novel)

Fullplot:

It is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so-called "Battle of the Atlantic" to harass and destroy British shipping. With better escorts of the Destroyer Class, however, German U-Boats have begun to take heavy losses. "Das Boot" is the story of one such U-Boat crew, with the film examining how these submariners maintained their professionalism as soldiers and attempted to accomplish impossible missions, all the while attempting to understand and obey the ideology of the government under which they served.

The Keep

The Keep

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-12-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (7526 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Mann

Genres:

Horror

Cast:

Writer:

F. Paul Wilson (novel)

Michael Mann (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Nazis are sent to guard an old, mysterious fortress in a Romanian pass. One of them mistakenly releases an unknown force trapped within the walls. A mysterious stranger senses this from his home in Greece and travels to the keep to vanquish the force. As soldiers are killed, a Jewish man and his daughter (who are both knowledgeable of the keep) are brought in to find out what is happening.

Beverly Hills Cop II

Beverly Hills Cop II

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-05-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (78169 Reviews)

Director:

Tony Scott

Cast:

Writer:

Danilo Bach (characters)

Daniel Petrie Jr. (characters)

Eddie Murphy (story)

Robert D. Wachs (story)

Larry Ferguson (screenplay)

Warren Skaaren (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A series of strange robberies brings Axel Foley back to Beverly Hills to help his two fellow cops solve the case. All the familiar faces of the first film are back...

The Seventh Sign

The Seventh Sign

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-04-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (9928 Reviews)

Director:

Carl Schultz

Fullplot:

Around the world, the signs of the apocalypse--as outlined in the Book of Revelation--seem to be coming to pass in the wake of a mysterious wanderer. Father Lucci, the Vatican Emissary assigned to investigate, dismisses the occurrences as natural, but Abby Quinn, a young American woman, has reason to fear they're real--and that the unfolding events may spell disaster for her unborn child.

A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-09-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(3400 Reviews)

Director:

Euzhan Palcy

Cast:

Writer:

Andrè P. Brink (novel)

Colin Welland (screenplay)

Euzhan Palcy (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener's son is brutally beaten up by the police at a demonstration by black school children, he gradually begins to realize his own society is built on a pillar of injustice and exploitation.

The Fire Next Time

The Fire Next Time

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-04-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

195 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (232 Reviews)

Director:

Tom McLoughlin

Fullplot:

2017: The greenhouse effect and global warming take their toll as droughts, floods, and hurricanes wreak mass destruction in a world gone mad, one family struggles to survive against all odds...

In the Mouth of Madness

In the Mouth of Madness

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-02-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (39471 Reviews)

Director:

John Carpenter

Genres:

Horror

Fullplot:

With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to investigate Cane's mysterious vanishing act and ends up in the sleepy little East Coast town of Hobb's End. The fact that this town exists as a figment of Cane's twisted imagination is only the beginning of Trent's problems....

Judge Dredd

Judge Dredd

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-06-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (81645 Reviews)

Director:

Danny Cannon

Cast:

Writer:

John Wagner (characters)

Carlos Ezquerra (characters)

Michael De Luca (story)

William Wisher Jr. (story)

William Wisher Jr. (screenplay)

Steven E. de Souza (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In the year 2139, the Earth has changed into a virtually uninhabitable place called the Cursed Earth. All of the Earth's population have crowded into the cities across the planet, now known as Mega-Cities. The crimes in these Mega-Cities became so violent and so powerful, that the regular justice system was powerless to contain, then it collapsed completely. However, a new justice system came from the ashes, there were three justice systems in one (police, jury and executioner), they were called Judges. In Mega-City One (formerly, New York City), there was a Judge, named Joseph Dredd, who was the toughest and most stringent Judge in history. One day, he was charged with murder, and was tried and sentenced to life in prison because of it.

DNA

DNA

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-03-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

3.2 (1501 Reviews)

Director:

William Mesa

Fullplot:

Deep in the heart of the jungle in North Borneo a group of scientists excavate the bones of a creature buried among the ruins of ancient and forgotten civilization. The expedition is lead by Dr. Carl Wessinger. He discovers how to extract DNA from the bones. They only need an enzyme to recreate the creature. Wessinger asks the help of Ash Mattley. Ash had done research on enzymes. He is double-crossed and two years later Claire Sommers, who works for the CIA, asks Ash for help after a number of mutilated bodies are found. Claire believes Wessinger is behind this because her 'company' has no contact anymore with the lab in the jungle. Wessinger who recreated the creature, wants to sell it to the highest bidder as a war machine, and it is on the loose in the jungle, killing everybody.

DNA

DNA

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-03-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

3.2 (1509 Reviews)

Director:

William Mesa

Fullplot:

Deep in the heart of the jungle in North Borneo a group of scientists excavate the bones of a creature buried among the ruins of ancient and forgotten civilization. The expedition is lead by Dr. Carl Wessinger. He discovers how to extract DNA from the bones. They only need an enzyme to recreate the creature. Wessinger asks the help of Ash Mattley. Ash had done research on enzymes. He is double-crossed and two years later Claire Sommers, who works for the CIA, asks Ash for help after a number of mutilated bodies are found. Claire believes Wessinger is behind this because her 'company' has no contact anymore with the lab in the jungle. Wessinger who recreated the creature, wants to sell it to the highest bidder as a war machine, and it is on the loose in the jungle, killing everybody.

Remember

Remember

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2016-01-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada, Germany

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (36 Reviews)

Director:

Atom Egoyan

Fullplot:

"Remember" is the contemporary story of Zev, who discovers that the Nazi guard who murdered his family some 70 years ago is living in America under an assumed identity. Despite the obvious challenges, Zev sets out on a mission to deliver long-delayed justice with his own trembling hand. What follows is a remarkable cross-continent road-trip with surprising consequences.

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