Otto Sander

Acting

Born Jun 30, 1941

From Hanover, Germany

Died Sep 12, 2013

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.

Otto Sander

Known For

Das Boot

The Tin Drum

Wings of Desire

The Killer Condom

Krabat

Lumière & Company

Faraway, So Close!

Werner and the Wizard of Booze

A Love in Germany

Sass

Filmography — Acting

Das Boot

The Tin Drum

Wings of Desire

The Killer Condom

Krabat

Lumière & Company

Faraway, So Close!

Werner and the Wizard of Booze

A Love in Germany

Sass

The Heart Is a Dark Forest

Marlene

Am I Beautiful?

Rosa Luxemburg

Nikolaikirche

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

The Harmonists

Wahnfried

Conversation with the Beast

Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us

The Marquise of O

The Film Narrator

The Promise

Three Sisters

E-m@il an Gott

Movie Days

100 Pro

Life Is Too Long

Little King Macius

Girls under investigation

Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter

Fly Away

No Pawing, Darling

One or the Other of Us

Werner - Gekotzt wird später!

Der Mann im Pyjama

Summer Guests

Bauernschach

Lehmanns Erzählungen

Four Against the Bank

The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld

Palermo or Wolfsburg

Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich

The Break

Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars

About Narration

Männer sind wie Schokolade

The Case of Mr. Spalt

Strike Back

Atlantic Affairs

Liebe Lügen

Inge, April und Mai

Die Schuld der Erben

Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten

Prinz Friedrich von Homburg

The Ignoramus and the Madman

Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef

The Danube

Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk

Die Mutter

Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt

Die Bakchen

Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?

Wie du mir..

Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust

Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois

The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang