Cast

Otto Sander

Acting

Cast

Otto Sander

Known for

Acting

Born

1941-06-30

From

Hanover, Germany

Died

2013-09-12

Biography

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

Otto Sander

Biography

Das Boot

The Tin Drum

Wings of Desire

Krabat

Conversation with the Beast

Die Mutter

About Narration

Faraway, So Close!

Lumière & Company

Vorwärts

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

Die Bakchen

The Killer Condom

Girls under investigation

Majestät brauchen Sonne

Liebe Lügen

Werner and the Wizard of Booze

Rosa Luxemburg

Palermo or Wolfsburg

Werner - Gekotzt wird später!

Schlusschor

A Love in Germany

The Marquise of O

Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef

Wahnfried

The Olympic Summer

Life Is Too Long

Prinz Friedrich von Homburg

Little King Macius

The Ignoramus and the Madman

The Harmonists

Matulla und Busch

Am I Beautiful?

Die Schuld der Erben

Marlene

One or the Other of Us

Das Loch

Sonntags am Meer

Time of Vengeance

Plastikfieber

The Film Narrator

The Promise

Movie Days

Der Kuß des Vergessens

Summer Guests

Trilogie des Wiedersehens

Fly Away

Hölderlin-Comics

Four Against the Bank

The Heart Is a Dark Forest

Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe

Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben

Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk

Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces

100 Pro

Lehmanns Erzählungen

Close Up

Sass

Phantom

No Pawing, Darling

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

Heinrich Zille

Der Mord mit der Schere

Sonnabend, der 1.

Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust

Atlantic Affairs

Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us

Strike Back

Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois

The Break

Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland

Der Mann im Pyjama

Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter

Nikolaikirche

Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars

Bescheiß kein Kind!

The Danube