Otto Sander
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
Scene of the Crime
Manfred Enders
Scene of the Crime
Otto Androsch
Polizeiruf 110
Ludwig Stolze
Polizeiruf 110
Lansky
Polizeiruf 110
Richard Lansky
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
Vienna Crime Squad
Conrad Ribarski
Das Traumschiff
James Korthals
Das Traumschiff
Johannes Lippelt
Der Fahnder
Bähr
Wolffs Revier
Schenk
Wings of Desire
Cassiel
Das Boot
Phillip Thomsen
The Tin Drum
Meyn
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
Himself
Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich
Gerichtsgehilfe
The Killer Condom
Mr. Higgins
Ludwig
Ludwig
Krabat
Narrator (voice)
The Danube
Franz
The Case of Mr. Spalt
Otto Spalt
Life Is Too Long
Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst
Kunsträuber
Werner and the Wizard of Booze
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Werner - Gekotzt wird später!
Erzähler (voice)
Palermo or Wolfsburg
Staatsanwalt
Movie Days
Maður á hesti
Little King Macius
Erasmus (voice)
Sass
Vater Sass
Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre
Voice
Three Sisters
Vershinin
Les Misérables
Monseigneur Bienvenu
The Marquise of O
Brother, Forstmeister
Am I Beautiful?
David
Rosa Luxemburg
Karl Liebknecht
Das Boot
Kapitänleutnant Philipp
Summer Guests
Pjotr Suslov
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Self
The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang
Prof. Hinzelmann
Strike Back
Kowalski
100 Pro
Narrator
Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust
Walker
Conversation with the Beast
Adolf Hitler Double
The Film Narrator
Salzmann
Majestät brauchen Sonne
Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
Girls under investigation
Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
Freddy Klinke
Die Mutter
Lumière & Company
Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Faraway, So Close!
Cassiel
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Narrator
Bauernschach
Dr. Gerold Stadler
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
Helmut
Matulla und Busch
Korte
Tödliches Vertrauen
Bernd Kortens
The Shop
The Olympic Summer
Sprecher
Die Ursache
Wie du mir..
Markus Petarka
Liebe Lügen
Vater
Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
Kalfisch
Marlene
Bühnenmanager
Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
Loan officer Grop
Der Mann im Pyjama
Rudi
Inge, April und Mai
Happy Too
Himself / Gert Bastian
Schlusschor
Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt
Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef
Narrator (voice)
Preußen – Chronik eines deutschen Staates
Self (Narrator)
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
Rainer Kleinhundert
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
Hölderlin-Comics
Unter kaiserlicher Flagge
Erzähler / Narrator
Time of Vengeance
Robert
The Promise
Professor Lorenz
Wahnfried
Richard Wagner
Die Bakchen
Tiresias
The Harmonists
Sonntags am Meer
Fritzchen
About Narration
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Self
One or the Other of Us
Rulle Ruhlsdorff
A Love in Germany
Narrator
Vorwärts
Der Kuß des Vergessens
Herr Jelke
Männer sind wie Schokolade
Vater Lano
Atlantic Affairs
Maitre de Plaisir on Stage
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
Obrist Kottwitz
Trilogie des Wiedersehens
Richard
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
Professor Steinach
Close Up
Professor Spalt
Fly Away
Eckehardt Tiedgen
Four Against the Bank
Eberhard Winter
Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk
Heinrich Zille
Lehmanns Erzählungen
Lehmann
E-m@il an Gott
Petrus
Der Mord mit der Schere
Inspector Spalt
The Break
Erwin Lubowitz
No Pawing, Darling
Drei Schwestern
Alexander Ignatjewitsch Werschinin
Plastikfieber
Wilfried
Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
Nummer Sieben
Das Loch
Der Mann
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
The Ignoramus and the Madman
Nikolaikirche
kirchlicher Superintendent
Die Schuld der Erben
Leonhard Asmussen
Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin
Rezitation
Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces
Himself
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
Self
Sonnabend, der 1.
DAS!
Self
Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben
Harald Bornemann
Bescheiß kein Kind!
Vater
Phantom
NDR Talk Show
Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland
Wetten, dass..?
Self
Kulturzeit
self
Zimmer frei!
Self
Grimme Award
Self
Tietjen und Bommes
Self
Through the Night with...
Self
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Self
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
Self
Leute am Donnerstag
himself
Ein roter Teppich für....
Self