About

Known credits:
105
Birthday:
1941-06-30
Place of birth:
Hanover, Germany
Website:
N/A

Otto Sander

Overview

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

Acting
2021 Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story Actor Self 59
Average
2013 Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter Actor Himself 59
Average
2012 Fly Away Actor Eckehardt Tiedgen 58
Average
2012 Die Schuld der Erben Actor Leonhard Asmussen N/A
N/A
2010 Life Is Too Long Actor 58
Average
2009 Kampf um Germanien Actor Himself - Narrator 59
Average
2008 Krabat Actor Narrator (voice) 58
Average
2007 The Heart Is a Dark Forest Actor Helmut 58
Average
2007 Little King Macius Actor Erasmus (voice) 58
Average
2006 Unter kaiserlicher Flagge Actor Erzähler / Narrator N/A
N/A
2004 Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
2003 Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre Actor Voice N/A
N/A
2003 The Danube Actor Franz 58
Average
2003 Werner - Gekotzt wird später! Actor Erzähler (voice) 58
Average
2003 Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us Actor Self 58
Average
2002 Tödliches Vertrauen Actor Bernd Kortens 58
Average
2002 Atlantic Affairs Actor Maitre de Plaisir on Stage N/A
N/A
2002 Happy Too Actor Himself / Gert Bastian N/A
N/A
2002 Das Jahrhundert des Theaters Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
2001 100 Pro Actor Narrator 58
Average
2001 Sass Actor Vater Sass 58
Average
2000 Preußen – Chronik eines deutschen Staates Actor Self (Narrator) N/A
N/A
2000 Les Misérables Actor Monseigneur Bienvenu 69
Fair
2000 The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld Actor Professor Steinach 58
Average
2000 Marlene Actor Bühnenmanager 58
Average
1999 E-m@il an Gott Actor Petrus N/A
N/A
1999 Majestät brauchen Sonne Actor Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice) N/A
N/A
1999 Girls under investigation Actor Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner N/A
N/A
1999 Männer sind wie Schokolade Actor Vater Lano 59
Average
1999 Der Kuß des Vergessens Actor Herr Jelke N/A
N/A
1998 The Shop Actor 68
Fair
1998 Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust Actor Walker N/A
N/A
1998 Am I Beautiful? Actor David 59
Average
1997 The Harmonists Actor 59
Average
1997 Conversation with the Beast Actor Adolf Hitler Double N/A
N/A
1997 Liebe Lügen Actor Vater N/A
N/A
1996 The Killer Condom Actor Mr. Higgins 57
Average
1995 Lumière & Company Actor Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders") 59
Average
1995 Matulla und Busch Actor Korte N/A
N/A
1995 Nikolaikirche Actor kirchlicher Superintendent 58
Average
1995 The Promise Actor Professor Lorenz 58
Average
1995 Bauernschach Actor Dr. Gerold Stadler 58
Average
1995 Das Loch Actor Der Mann N/A
N/A
1994 The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang Actor Prof. Hinzelmann 59
Average
1994 Hölderlin-Comics Actor N/A
N/A
1994 Movie Days Actor Maður á hesti 59
Average
1994 Three Sisters Actor Vershinin N/A
N/A
1993 The Film Narrator Actor Salzmann N/A
N/A
1993 The Olympic Summer Actor Sprecher 58
Average
1993 Faraway, So Close! Actor Cassiel 61
Fair
1993 Inge, April und Mai Actor 58
Average
1993 Schlusschor Actor N/A
N/A
1992 Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland Actor N/A
N/A
1992 Bescheiß kein Kind! Actor Vater N/A
N/A
1990 Werner and the Wizard of Booze Actor Erzähler (voice) 60
Fair
1990 Vorwärts Actor N/A
N/A
1990 Time of Vengeance Actor Robert N/A
N/A
1989 The Break Actor Erwin Lubowitz 58
Average
1989 Wie du mir.. Actor Markus Petarka N/A
N/A
1988 The Case of Mr. Spalt Actor Otto Spalt 59
Average
1987 Wings of Desire Actor Cassiel 72
Good
1987 Close Up Actor Professor Spalt N/A
N/A
1986 Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich Actor Gerichtsgehilfe 58
Average
1986 Drei Schwestern Actor Alexander Ignatjewitsch Werschinin N/A
N/A
1986 Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars Actor Loan officer Grop 58
Average
1986 Wahnfried Actor Richard Wagner 58
Average
1986 Rosa Luxemburg Actor Karl Liebknecht 59
Average
1986 Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin Actor Rezitation N/A
N/A
1985 Das Boot Actor Kapitänleutnant Philipp 80
Very good
1984 Der Mord mit der Schere Actor Inspector Spalt N/A
N/A
1983 A Love in Germany Actor Narrator 58
Average
1982 Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois Actor Self 58
Average
1981 Der Mann im Pyjama Actor Rudi 58
Average
1981 Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor? Actor Nummer Sieben 58
Average
1981 Das Boot Actor Phillip Thomsen 77
Good
1981 Strike Back Actor Kowalski 59
Average
1981 Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren Actor N/A
N/A
1981 Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten Actor Kalfisch N/A
N/A
1980 Die Ursache Actor N/A
N/A
1980 Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe Actor N/A
N/A
1980 Palermo or Wolfsburg Actor Staatsanwalt 58
Average
1979 The Tin Drum Actor Meyn 63
Fair
1979 Trilogie des Wiedersehens Actor Richard N/A
N/A
1979 Phantom Actor N/A
N/A
1979 Plastikfieber Actor Wilfried N/A
N/A
1978 Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk Actor N/A
N/A
1977 Heinrich Zille Actor N/A
N/A
1976 Four Against the Bank Actor Eberhard Winter N/A
N/A
1976 The Marquise of O Actor Brother, Forstmeister 59
Average
1976 Summer Guests Actor Pjotr Suslov 58
Average
1975 About Narration Actor N/A
N/A
1975 Lehmanns Erzählungen Actor Lehmann N/A
N/A
1975 Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces Actor Himself N/A
N/A
1975 Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben Actor Harald Bornemann N/A
N/A
1974 Die Bakchen Actor Tiresias N/A
N/A
1974 One or the Other of Us Actor Rulle Ruhlsdorff 58
Average
1974 Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt Actor N/A
N/A
1973 Prinz Friedrich von Homburg Actor Obrist Kottwitz N/A
N/A
1972 The Ignoramus and the Madman Actor N/A
N/A
1971 Die Mutter Actor N/A
N/A
1970 Sonntags am Meer Actor Fritzchen N/A
N/A
1970 No Pawing, Darling Actor 58
Average
1970 Sonnabend, der 1. Actor N/A
N/A
1964 Ludwig Actor Ludwig 58
Average

Directing
1982 Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois Directing Director 58
Average