Otto Sander
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 30, 1941
- Died
- September 12, 2013 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- Hanover, Germany
Biography
Otto Sander (German: [ˈɔtoː ˈzandɐ]; June 30, 1941 – September 12, 2013) was a German film, theater, and voice actor. Sander grew up in Kassel, where he graduated in 1961 from the Friedrichgymnasium. After leaving school he spent his military service in 1961/62 with the Bundesmarine and left as reserve fenrik. Sander then studied theatre science, history of art and philosophy. In 1965 he made his acting debut at the Düsseldorfer chamber plays. After his first film work in the same year he abandoned his studies in 1967, and went to Munich to become a full-time actor. His career is closely connected with the Schaubühne theatre in Berlin under the direction of Peter Stein. From 1980 onwards Sander appeared on several of Berlin's theatre stages, among others at the Schillertheater in 1981, at the Freie Volksbühne in 1985 and in 1989 at the Komödie am Kurfürstendamm. More recently he starred in Hauptmann von Köpenick at the Schauspielhaus Bochum (2004). In 1990, he was a member of the Jury at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. Among his best-known film roles are the angel Cassiel in Wings of Desire and its sequel Faraway, So Close! by Wim Wenders, and a shell-shocked U-boat commander, Kapitänleutnant Philipp Thomsen, in Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot. Sander also appeared in The Tin Drum (1979) as a trumpeter and in Comedian Harmonists, a biopic about the musical group of the same name. He also played a professor in the movie The Promise about the division of Berlin by the wall. In 1999 he played a role in Rosa von Praunheim's movie The Einstein of Sex.
Known For
Filmography
About Narration
Movie
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Movie · as Self
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
Movie · as Himself
Fly Away
Movie · as Eckehardt Tiedgen
Die Schuld der Erben
Movie · as Leonhard Asmussen
Life Is Too Long
Movie
Krabat
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
Movie · as Helmut
Little King Macius
Movie · as Erasmus (voice)
Unter kaiserlicher Flagge
TV · as Erzähler / Narrator · 2 eps
Vienna Crime Squad
TV · as Conrad Ribarski · 1 ep
Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Leute am Donnerstag
TV · as himself · 1 ep
Werner - Gekotzt wird später!
Movie · as Erzähler (voice)
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Movie · as Self
The Danube
Movie · as Franz
Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre
Movie · as Voice
Happy Too
Movie · as Himself / Gert Bastian
Atlantic Affairs
Movie · as Maitre de Plaisir on Stage
Tödliches Vertrauen
Movie · as Bernd Kortens
Ein roter Teppich für....
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Through the Night with...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
TV · as Narrator · 6 eps
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sass
Movie · as Vater Sass
100 Pro
Movie · as Narrator
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
Movie · as Professor Steinach
Marlene
Movie · as Bühnenmanager
Les Misérables
TV · as Monseigneur Bienvenu · 4 eps
Preußen – Chronik eines deutschen Staates
TV · as Self (Narrator) · 6 eps
Girls under investigation
Movie · as Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner
Männer sind wie Schokolade
Movie · as Vater Lano
E-m@il an Gott
Movie · as Petrus
Der Kuß des Vergessens
Movie · as Herr Jelke
Majestät brauchen Sonne
Movie · as Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust
Movie · as Walker
Am I Beautiful?
Movie · as David
The Shop
TV · 3 eps
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Conversation with the Beast
Movie · as Adolf Hitler Double
Liebe Lügen
Movie · as Vater
The Harmonists
Movie
Tietjen und Bommes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Killer Condom
Movie · as Mr. Higgins
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
TV · as Rainer Kleinhundert · 1 ep
Zimmer frei!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bauernschach
Movie · as Dr. Gerold Stadler
Matulla und Busch
Movie · as Korte
Nikolaikirche
Movie · as kirchlicher Superintendent
The Promise
Movie · as Professor Lorenz
Das Loch
Movie · as Der Mann
Lumière & Company
Movie · as Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
TV · as Freddy Klinke · 1 ep
Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Movie Days
Movie · as Maður á hesti
The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang
Movie · as Prof. Hinzelmann
Three Sisters
Movie · as Vershinin
Hölderlin-Comics
Movie
The Film Narrator
Movie · as Salzmann
Faraway, So Close!
Movie · as Cassiel
Inge, April und Mai
Movie
Schlusschor
Movie
The Olympic Summer
Movie · as Sprecher
Bescheiß kein Kind!
Movie · as Vater
Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland
Movie
Wolffs Revier
TV · as Schenk · 1 ep
DAS!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Werner and the Wizard of Booze
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Vorwärts
Movie
Time of Vengeance
Movie · as Robert
The Break
Movie · as Erwin Lubowitz
Wie du mir..
Movie · as Markus Petarka
The Case of Mr. Spalt
Movie · as Otto Spalt
Wings of Desire
Movie · as Cassiel
Close Up
Movie · as Professor Spalt
Rosa Luxemburg
Movie · as Karl Liebknecht
Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin
Movie · as Rezitation
Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich
Movie · as Gerichtsgehilfe
Wahnfried
Movie · as Richard Wagner
Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
Movie · as Loan officer Grop
Drei Schwestern
Movie · as Alexander Ignatjewitsch Werschinin
Das Boot
TV · as Kapitänleutnant Philipp · 6 eps
Der Mord mit der Schere
Movie · as Inspector Spalt
Der Fahnder
TV · as Bähr · 1 ep
A Love in Germany
Movie · as Narrator
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
Movie · as Self
Das Boot
Movie · as Phillip Thomsen
Der Mann im Pyjama
Movie · as Rudi
Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
Movie · as Nummer Sieben
Strike Back
Movie · as Kowalski
Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
Movie · as Kalfisch
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
Movie
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Das Traumschiff
TV · as James Korthals, Johannes Lippelt · 1 ep
Palermo or Wolfsburg
Movie · as Staatsanwalt
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
Movie
Die Ursache
Movie
The Tin Drum
Movie · as Meyn
Phantom
Movie
Trilogie des Wiedersehens
Movie · as Richard
Plastikfieber
Movie · as Wilfried
NDR Talk Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk
Movie
Heinrich Zille
Movie
Four Against the Bank
Movie · as Eberhard Winter
The Marquise of O
Movie · as Brother, Forstmeister
Summer Guests
Movie · as Pjotr Suslov
Lehmanns Erzählungen
Movie · as Lehmann
Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces
Movie · as Himself
Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben
Movie · as Harald Bornemann
One or the Other of Us
Movie · as Rulle Ruhlsdorff
Die Bakchen
Movie · as Tiresias
Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt
Movie
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
Movie · as Obrist Kottwitz
The Ignoramus and the Madman
Movie
Die Mutter
Movie
Polizeiruf 110
TV · as Ludwig Stolze, Lansky, Richard Lansky · 1 ep
No Pawing, Darling
Movie
Sonntags am Meer
Movie · as Fritzchen
Sonnabend, der 1.
Movie
Scene of the Crime
TV · as Manfred Enders, Otto Androsch · 1 ep
Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst
TV · as Kunsträuber · 1 ep
Ludwig
Movie · as Ludwig
Grimme Award
TV · as Self · 1 ep