Otto Sander
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 30, 1941
- Died
- Sep 12, 2013 (aged 72)
- Place of birth
- Hanover, Germany
- Credits
- 124
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
Das Boot
1981Movie
Phillip Thomsen
Wings of Desire
1987Movie
Cassiel
The Tin Drum
1979Movie
Meyn
Krabat
2008Movie
Narrator (voice)
Werner and the Wizard of Booze
1990Movie
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Faraway, So Close!
1993Movie
Cassiel
Filmography
About Narration
2025Movie
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021Movie
Self
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
2013Movie
Himself
Fly Away
2012Movie
Eckehardt Tiedgen
Die Schuld der Erben
2012Movie
Leonhard Asmussen
Life Is Too Long
2010Movie
Krabat
2008Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
2007Movie
Helmut
Little King Macius
2007Movie
Erasmus (voice)
Unter kaiserlicher Flagge
2006TV
Erzähler / Narrator
Vienna Crime Squad
2005TV
Conrad Ribarski
Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef
2004Movie
Narrator (voice)
Leute am Donnerstag
2004TV
himself
Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre
2003Movie
Voice
The Danube
2003Movie
Franz
Werner - Gekotzt wird später!
2003Movie
Erzähler (voice)
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003Movie
Self
Tödliches Vertrauen
2002Movie
Bernd Kortens
Atlantic Affairs
2002Movie
Maitre de Plaisir on Stage
Ein roter Teppich für....
2002TV
Self
Happy Too
2002Movie
Himself / Gert Bastian
Through the Night with...
2002TV
Self
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002TV
Self
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002TV
Narrator
100 Pro
2001Movie
Narrator
Sass
2001Movie
Vater Sass
Preußen – Chronik eines deutschen Staates
2000TV
Self (Narrator)
Les Misérables
2000TV
Monseigneur Bienvenu
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
2000Movie
Professor Steinach
Marlene
2000Movie
Bühnenmanager
E-m@il an Gott
1999Movie
Petrus
Majestät brauchen Sonne
1999Movie
Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
Girls under investigation
1999Movie
Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner
Männer sind wie Schokolade
1999Movie
Vater Lano
Der Kuß des Vergessens
1999Movie
Herr Jelke
The Shop
1998TV
Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust
1998Movie
Walker
Am I Beautiful?
1998Movie
David
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998TV
Self
The Harmonists
1997Movie
Tietjen und Bommes
1997TV
Self
Conversation with the Beast
1997Movie
Adolf Hitler Double
Liebe Lügen
1997Movie
Vater
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
1996TV
Rainer Kleinhundert
The Killer Condom
1996Movie
Mr. Higgins
Zimmer frei!
1996TV
Self
Matulla und Busch
1995Movie
Korte
Lumière & Company
1995Movie
Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995TV
Self
Nikolaikirche
1995Movie
kirchlicher Superintendent
The Promise
1995Movie
Professor Lorenz
Bauernschach
1995Movie
Dr. Gerold Stadler
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
1995TV
Freddy Klinke
Das Loch
1995Movie
Der Mann
The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang
1994Movie
Prof. Hinzelmann
Hölderlin-Comics
1994Movie
Movie Days
1994Movie
Maður á hesti
Three Sisters
1994Movie
Vershinin
The Film Narrator
1993Movie
Salzmann
The Olympic Summer
1993Movie
Sprecher
Faraway, So Close!
1993Movie
Cassiel
Inge, April und Mai
1993Movie
Schlusschor
1993Movie
Wolffs Revier
1992TV
Schenk
Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland
1992Movie
Bescheiß kein Kind!
1992Movie
Vater
DAS!
1991TV
Self
Werner and the Wizard of Booze
1990Movie
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Vorwärts
1990Movie
Time of Vengeance
1990Movie
Robert
The Break
1989Movie
Erwin Lubowitz
Wie du mir..
1989Movie
Markus Petarka
The Case of Mr. Spalt
1988Movie
Otto Spalt
Wings of Desire
1987Movie
Cassiel
Close Up
1987Movie
Professor Spalt
Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich
1986Movie
Gerichtsgehilfe
Drei Schwestern
1986Movie
Alexander Ignatjewitsch Werschinin
Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
1986Movie
Loan officer Grop
Wahnfried
1986Movie
Richard Wagner
Rosa Luxemburg
1986Movie
Karl Liebknecht
Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin
1986Movie
Rezitation
Das Boot
1985TV
Kapitänleutnant Philipp
Der Fahnder
1984TV
Bähr
Der Mord mit der Schere
1984Movie
Inspector Spalt
A Love in Germany
1983Movie
Narrator
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
1982Movie
Self
Der Mann im Pyjama
1981Movie
Rudi
Das Traumschiff
1981TV
James Korthals, Johannes Lippelt
Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
1981Movie
Nummer Sieben
Das Boot
1981Movie
Phillip Thomsen
Strike Back
1981Movie
Kowalski
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
1981Movie
Wetten, dass..?
1981TV
Self
Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
1981Movie
Kalfisch
Die Ursache
1980Movie
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
1980Movie
Palermo or Wolfsburg
1980Movie
Staatsanwalt
The Tin Drum
1979Movie
Meyn
Trilogie des Wiedersehens
1979Movie
Richard
Phantom
1979Movie
NDR Talk Show
1979TV
Self
Plastikfieber
1979Movie
Wilfried
Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk
1978Movie
Heinrich Zille
1977Movie
Four Against the Bank
1976Movie
Eberhard Winter
The Marquise of O
1976Movie
Brother, Forstmeister
Summer Guests
1976Movie
Pjotr Suslov
Lehmanns Erzählungen
1975Movie
Lehmann
Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces
1975Movie
Himself
Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben
1975Movie
Harald Bornemann
Die Bakchen
1974Movie
Tiresias
One or the Other of Us
1974Movie
Rulle Ruhlsdorff
Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt
1974Movie
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
1973Movie
Obrist Kottwitz
The Ignoramus and the Madman
1972Movie
Polizeiruf 110
1971TV
Ludwig Stolze, Lansky, Richard Lansky
Die Mutter
1971Movie
Sonntags am Meer
1970Movie
Fritzchen
Scene of the Crime
1970TV
Manfred Enders, Otto Androsch
No Pawing, Darling
1970Movie
Sonnabend, der 1.
1970Movie
Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst
1967TV
Kunsträuber
Ludwig
1964Movie
Ludwig
Grimme Award
1964TV
Self