Enemy Mine is a 1985 American science fiction action drama film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by Edward Khmara, based on Barry B. Longyear's novella of the same name. The film stars Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr. as a human and alien soldier, respectively, who become stranded together on an inhospitable planet and must overcome their mutual distrust in order to cooperate and survive.
Theatrical release poster
(from left) producer Stanley O'Toole, Dennis Quaid, director Wolfgang Petersen while filming Enemy Mine in 1984
Timanfaya National Park
Wolfgang Petersen was a German filmmaker. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for the World War II submarine warfare film Das Boot (1981). His other films include The NeverEnding Story (1984), Enemy Mine (1985), In the Line of Fire (1993), Outbreak (1995), Air Force One (1997), The Perfect Storm (2000), Troy (2004), and Poseidon (2006).
Petersen in 2006
From left to right: Stanley O'Toole, Dennis Quaid and Petersen in 1984
Petersen, Boulevard der Stars, Berlin