Jürgen Prochnow in Air Force One
Jürgen Prochnow (1941 -)
Film Deaths[]
- Das Boot (The Boat) (1981) [The Captain]: Injured by shrapnel when British planes attack La Rochelle. (though according to director Wolfgang Petersen, it is up to the audience to whether he was dead, or non-fatally injured (could be saved) in the last scene).
- The Keep (1983) [Captain Klaus Woermann]: Shot in the back by Gabriel Byrne so that Gabriel can steal Jurgen's gold cross.
- Dune (1984) [Duke Leto Atreides]: Fatally beaten and drugged by Kenneth McMillan; he dies after mistakenly killing Brad Dourif instead of Kenneth.
- Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) [Maxwell Dent]: Shot in the face/head by Eddie Murphy while Jurgen is trying to run Eddie over with his car, causing the vehicle to crash through a wall then down a slope and burst into flames.
- The Seventh Sign (1988) [David]: Executed (off-screen) by crucifixion before the film begins; he appears as an angel throughout the film to oversee the breaking of the seven seals and returns to heaven after speaking to Michael Biehn and Demi Moore, when she sacrifices herself for her unborn son, thereby preventing the final sign from coming about, stopping armageddon, he comforts her, praises her courage and gently guides her to the afterlife with him.
- A Dry White Season (1989) [Captain Stolz]: Shot in the chest by Zakes Mokae in broad daylight.
- Kill Cruise (Der Skipper; The Storm) (1990) [The Skipper]: Shot in the throat with a spear-gun by Elizabeth Hurley on the deck of the boat.
- Robin Hood (1991) [Sir Miles Folcanet]: Stabbed in the stomach by Patrick Bergin, he dies after falling down a flight of stone stairs.
- Interceptor (1992) [Phillips]: Killed in an explosion when the missile he fired at Andrew Divoff's plane hits his own instead.
- Hurricane Smith (1992) [Charlie Dowd]: Eaten alive by a pack of sharks after Carl Weathers knocks him into the sea.
- Judge Dredd (1995) [Judge Griffin]: Arms and head ripped off by a giant robot that was following Armand Assante's instructions. We only see Jurgen's legs dangling as the robot does this.
- Air Force One (1997) [General Ivan Radek]: Shot repeatedly by prison guards while he is being freed from prison. Jürgen desperately attempts to run for the exit, but is shot in the back before he can make it.
- DNA (1997) [Dr. Carl Wessinger]: Killed in an explosion/burned to death, along with Mark McCracken and most of his cohorts (after a mortally wounded Roger Aaron Brown triggers a bomb).
- The Replacement Killers (1998) [Michael Kogan]: Shot to death by Mira Sorvino.
- Dark Asylum (2001) [Dr. Fallon]: Strangled (off-screen) by Larry Drake; his body is shown when Todd Sandler, Mircea Caraman, and Jules-Cesar Botokoli discover him.
- The Elite (2001) [Avi]: Presumably killed in an explosion/burned to death when his boat blows up from one of his own bombs as he tries unsuccessfully to kill Jason Lewis, by locking him in a room with said explosive (who manages to jump through a window overboard before detonation) following a struggle.
- House of the Dead (2003) [Captain Victor Kirk]: Sacrifices himself by blowing himself with a stick of dynamite up as a group of zombies are surrounding him.
- Primeval (Primeval Kill) (2007) [Jacob Krieg]: Commits suicide by blowing himself up with a grenade in an effort to kill the crocodile "Gustave" attacking him; the crocodile then devours his body anyway.
- Remember (2015) [Rudy Kulander/Kunibert Sturm]: Shot in the chest by Christopher Plummer.
- Damascus Cover (2017) [Franz Ludin]: To be added
Television Deaths[]
- Esther (2000, TV film) [Haman]: Executed by hanging from his own gallows as punishment for his criminal activity on Louise Lombard and F. Murray Abraham after Thomas Kretschmann's palace guards arrest him.
Gallery[]
Jürgen Prochnow in Dune
Jürgen Prochnow's death in Beverly Hills Cop II
Jürgen Prochnow in Judge Dredd
Notable Connections[]
- Ex-Mr. Isobel Goslar
- Mr. Birgit Stein