Otto Sander
Acting
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
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movieFly Away
2012
Eckehardt Tiedgen
Die Schuld der Erben
2012
Leonhard Asmussen
movieKrabat
2008
Narrator (voice)
movieLittle King Macius
2007
Erasmus (voice)
tvUnter kaiserlicher Flagge
2006
Erzähler / Narrator
tvVienna Crime Squad
2005
Conrad Ribarski
movieKaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef
2004
Narrator (voice)
Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre
2003
Voice
movieThe Danube
2003
Franz
movieWerner - Gekotzt wird später!
2003
Erzähler (voice)
Tödliches Vertrauen
2002
Bernd Kortens
Atlantic Affairs
2002
Maitre de Plaisir on Stage
movieHappy Too
2002
Himself / Gert Bastian
movie100 Pro
2001
Narrator
movieSass
2001
Vater Sass
tvPreußen – Chronik eines deutschen Staates
2000
Self (Narrator)
tvLes Misérables
2000
Monseigneur Bienvenu
movieThe Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
2000
Professor Steinach
movieMarlene
2000
Bühnenmanager
movieE-m@il an Gott
1999
Petrus
Majestät brauchen Sonne
1999
Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
movieGirls under investigation
1999
Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner
movieMänner sind wie Schokolade
1999
Vater Lano
movieConversation with the Beast
1997
Adolf Hitler Double
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
1996
Rainer Kleinhundert
movieThe Killer Condom
1996
Mr. Higgins
movieLumière & Company
1995
Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
movieNikolaikirche
1995
kirchlicher Superintendent
tvKulturzeit
1995
self
movieThe Promise
1995
Professor Lorenz
movieBauernschach
1995
Dr. Gerold Stadler
tvA.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
1995
Freddy Klinke
movieDas Loch
1995
Der Mann
movieThe White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang
1994
Prof. Hinzelmann
movieMovie Days
1994
Maður á hesti
movieThree Sisters
1994
Vershinin
movieThe Film Narrator
1993
Salzmann
movieThe Olympic Summer
1993
Sprecher
movieFaraway, So Close!
1993
Cassiel
tvWolffs Revier
1992
Schenk
tvDAS!
1991
Self
movieWerner and the Wizard of Booze
1990
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Break
1989
Erwin Lubowitz
Wie du mir..
1989
Markus Petarka
movieThe Case of Mr. Spalt
1988
Otto Spalt
movieWings of Desire
1987
Cassiel
Close Up
1987
Professor Spalt
movieBoundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich
1986
Gerichtsgehilfe
Drei Schwestern
1986
Alexander Ignatjewitsch Werschinin
movieMiko: From the Gutter to the Stars
1986
Loan officer Grop
movieWahnfried
1986
Richard Wagner
movieRosa Luxemburg
1986
Karl Liebknecht
tvDas Boot
1985
Kapitänleutnant Philipp
Der Mord mit der Schere
1984
Inspector Spalt
movieA Love in Germany
1983
Narrator
tvDas Traumschiff
1981
James Korthals / Johannes Lippelt
movieWho's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
1981
Nummer Sieben
movieDas Boot
1981
Phillip Thomsen
movieStrike Back
1981
Kowalski
moviePalermo or Wolfsburg
1980
Staatsanwalt
movieFour Against the Bank
1976
Eberhard Winter
movieThe Marquise of O
1976
Brother, Forstmeister
movieSummer Guests
1976
Pjotr Suslov
movieMeine Sorgen möcht' ich haben
1975
Harald Bornemann
Die Bakchen
1974
Tiresias
movieOne or the Other of Us
1974
Rulle Ruhlsdorff
tvPolizeiruf 110
1971
Ludwig Stolze / Lansky / Richard Lansky
tvScene of the Crime
1970
Manfred Enders / Otto Androsch
tvAktenzeichen XY… ungelöst
1967
Kunsträuber
Ludwig
1964
Ludwig