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Otto Sander
Born · June 30, 1941
Died · September 12, 2013 (72 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Hanover, Germany
Bio
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.
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Self
6.6
2021
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
Himself
6.4
2013
Fly Away
Eckehardt Tiedgen
5.7
2012
Die Schuld der Erben
Leonhard Asmussen
2.0
2012
Life Is Too Long
5.0
2010
Krabat
Narrator (voice)
5.9
2008
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
Helmut
5.8
2007
Little King Macius
Erasmus (voice)
4.0
2007
Unter kaiserlicher Flagge
Erzähler / Narrator · (2 episodes)
0.0
2006
Vienna Crime Squad
Conrad Ribarski · (1 episode)
4.6
2005
Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef
Narrator (voice)
0.0
2004
Leute am Donnerstag
himself · (1 episode)
0.0
2004
Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre
Voice
0.0
2003
The Danube
Franz
5.0
2003
Werner - Gekotzt wird später!
Erzähler (voice)
5.9
2003
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Self
8.3
2003
Tödliches Vertrauen
Bernd Kortens
3.0
2002
Atlantic Affairs
Maitre de Plaisir on Stage
0.0
2002
Ein roter Teppich für....
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2002
Happy Too
Himself / Gert Bastian
0.0
2002
Through the Night with...
Self · (1 episode)
8.0
2002
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2002
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Narrator · (6 episodes)
0.0
2002
100 Pro
Narrator
3.5
2001
Sass
Vater Sass
5.5
2001
Preußen – Chronik eines deutschen Staates
Self (Narrator) · (6 episodes)
0.0
2000
Les Misérables
Monseigneur Bienvenu · (4 episodes)
6.9
2000
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
Professor Steinach
5.6
2000
Marlene
Bühnenmanager
5.7
2000
E-m@il an Gott
Petrus
0.0
1999
Girls under investigation
Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner
0.0
1999
Männer sind wie Schokolade
Vater Lano
5.0
1999
Der Kuß des Vergessens
Herr Jelke
0.0
1999
The Shop
(3 episodes)
4.5
1998
Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust
Walker
0.0
1998
Am I Beautiful?
David
6.7
1998
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self · (1 episode)
4.0
1998
The Harmonists
6.7
1997
Tietjen und Bommes
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1997
Conversation with the Beast
Adolf Hitler Double
0.0
1997
Liebe Lügen
Vater
0.0
1997
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
Rainer Kleinhundert · (1 episode)
0.0
1996
The Killer Condom
Mr. Higgins
5.3
1996
Zimmer frei!
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1996
Matulla und Busch
Korte
0.0
1995
Lumière & Company
Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
6.3
1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
1995
Nikolaikirche
kirchlicher Superintendent
4.5
1995
Kulturzeit
self · (1 episode)
3.5
1995
The Promise
Professor Lorenz
6.5
1995
Bauernschach
Dr. Gerold Stadler
4.0
1995
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
Freddy Klinke · (1 episode)
0.0
1995
Das Loch
Der Mann
0.0
1995
The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang
Prof. Hinzelmann
9.0
1994
Hölderlin-Comics
0.0
1994
Movie Days
Maður á hesti
6.0
1994
Three Sisters
Vershinin
0.0
1994
The Film Narrator
Salzmann
0.0
1993
The Olympic Summer
Sprecher
1.0
1993
Faraway, So Close!
Cassiel
6.9
1993
Inge, April und Mai
2.0
1993
Schlusschor
0.0
1993
Wolffs Revier
Schenk · (1 episode)
3.4
1992
Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland
0.0
1992
Bescheiß kein Kind!
Vater
0.0
1992
DAS!
Self · (1 episode)
4.2
1991
Werner - Beinhart!
Erzähler (voice)
6.6
1990
Vorwärts
0.0
1990
Time of Vengeance
Robert
0.0
1990
The Break
Erwin Lubowitz
4.7
1989
Wie du mir..
Markus Petarka
0.0
1989
The Case of Mr. Spalt
Otto Spalt
9.3
1988
Wings of Desire
Cassiel
7.8
1987
Close Up
Professor Spalt
0.0
1987
Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich
Gerichtsgehilfe
6.6
1986
Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
Loan officer Grop
0.0
1986
Wahnfried
Richard Wagner
5.0
1986
Rosa Luxemburg
Karl Liebknecht
6.6
1986
Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin
Rezitation
0.0
1986
Das Boot
Kapitänleutnant Philipp · (6 episodes)
8.6
1985
Der Fahnder
Bähr · (1 episode)
6.9
1984
Der Mord mit der Schere
Inspector Spalt
0.0
1984
A Love in Germany
Narrator
4.9
1983
Gedächtnis: Ein Film für Curt Bois und Bernhard Minetti
Self
1.0
1982
Der Mann im Pyjama
Rudi
6.5
1981
Das Traumschiff
James Korthals · (1 episode)
4.4
1981
Das Traumschiff
Johannes Lippelt · (1 episode)
4.4
1981
Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
Nummer Sieben
8.0
1981
Das Boot
Phillip Thomsen
8.1
1981
Strike Back
Kowalski
5.8
1981
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
0.0
1981
Wetten, dass..?
Self · (1 episode)
5.3
1981
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
0.0
1981
Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
Kalfisch
0.0
1981
Die Ursache
0.0
1980
Palermo or Wolfsburg
Staatsanwalt
5.8
1980
The Tin Drum
Meyn
6.9
1979
Trilogie des Wiedersehens
Richard
0.0
1979
Phantom
0.0
1979
NDR Talk Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
1979
Plastikfieber
Wilfried
0.0
1979
Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk
0.0
1978
Heinrich Zille
0.0
1977
Four Against the Bank
Eberhard Winter
0.0
1976
The Marquise of O
Brother, Forstmeister
6.7
1976
Summer Guests
Pjotr Suslov
6.3
1976
About Narration
0.0
1975
Lehmanns Erzählungen
Lehmann
0.0
1975
Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces
Himself
0.0
1975
Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben
Harald Bornemann
0.0
1975
Die Bakchen
Tiresias
0.0
1974
One or the Other of Us
Rulle Ruhlsdorff
4.8
1974
Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt
0.0
1974
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
Obrist Kottwitz
0.0
1973
The Ignoramus and the Madman
0.0
1972
Polizeiruf 110
Ludwig Stolze · (1 episode)
6.4
1971
Polizeiruf 110
Lansky · (2 episodes)
6.4
1971
Polizeiruf 110
Richard Lansky · (1 episode)
6.4
1971
Die Mutter
0.0
1971
Sonntags am Meer
Fritzchen
0.0
1970
Scene of the Crime
Manfred Enders · (1 episode)
6.2
1970
Scene of the Crime
Otto Androsch · (1 episode)
6.2
1970
Nicht fummeln, Liebling
7.0
1970
Sonnabend, der 1.
0.0
1970
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1967
Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst
Kunsträuber · (1 episode)
8.3
1967
Ludwig
Ludwig
5.5
1964
Grimme Awards Ceremony
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1964