Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 30, 1941
Died
Sep 12, 2013
Place of Birth
Hanover, Germany
Credits
125 titles
Otto Sander
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
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Self
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
Himself
Fly Away
Eckehardt Tiedgen
Die Schuld der Erben
Leonhard Asmussen
Life Is Too Long
Krabat
Narrator (voice)
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
Helmut
Little King Macius
Erasmus (voice)
Unter kaiserlicher Flagge
Erzähler / Narrator
Vienna Crime Squad
Conrad Ribarski
Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef
Narrator (voice)
Leute am Donnerstag
himself
Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre
Voice
The Danube
Franz
Werner - Gekotzt wird später!
Erzähler (voice)
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Self
Tödliches Vertrauen
Bernd Kortens
Atlantic Affairs
Maitre de Plaisir on Stage
Ein roter Teppich für....
Self
Happy Too
Himself / Gert Bastian
Through the Night with...
Self
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Self
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Narrator
100 Pro
Narrator
Sass
Vater Sass
Preußen – Chronik eines deutschen Staates
Self (Narrator)
Les Misérables
Monseigneur Bienvenu
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
Professor Steinach
Marlene
Bühnenmanager
E-m@il an Gott
Petrus
Majestät brauchen Sonne
Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
Girls under investigation
Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner
Männer sind wie Schokolade
Vater Lano
Der Kuß des Vergessens
Herr Jelke
The Shop
Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust
Walker
Am I Beautiful?
David
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
The Harmonists
Tietjen und Bommes
Self
Conversation with the Beast
Adolf Hitler Double
Liebe Lügen
Vater
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
Rainer Kleinhundert
The Killer Condom
Mr. Higgins
Zimmer frei!
Self
Lumière & Company
Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Matulla und Busch
Korte
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
Nikolaikirche
kirchlicher Superintendent