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Otto Sander
Actor, Director
Died September 12, 2013 (72 years)
Otto Sander (born 30 June 1941 in Hanover) is 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 as a navy reserve officer and 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.
He is married to the actress Monika Hansen and is stepfather to the actors Ben Becker and Meret Becker.
His career is closely connected with the Schaubühne theatre in Berlin under the direction of Peter Stein. Because of his warm, strong voice, which earned him the sobriquet "The Voice" (the English term is used), he has been used frequently as narrator for television documentaries, and numerous talking books in the 1990s.
In 1990, he was a member of the Jury at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
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 Comedian Harmonists, a biopic about the musical group of the same name. He has two brothers, the lawyer Adolf Sander, the scientist Christian (Chris) Sander, and a sister, the book dealer Marianne Sander. He also played a professor in the movie: The Promise about the division of Berlin by the wall.
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Sander grew up in Kassel, where he graduated in 1961 from the Friedrichgymnasium. After leaving school he spent his military service as a navy reserve officer and 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.
He is married to the actress Monika Hansen and is stepfather to the actors Ben Becker and Meret Becker.
His career is closely connected with the Schaubühne theatre in Berlin under the direction of Peter Stein. Because of his warm, strong voice, which earned him the sobriquet "The Voice" (the English term is used), he has been used frequently as narrator for television documentaries, and numerous talking books in the 1990s.
In 1990, he was a member of the Jury at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
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 Comedian Harmonists, a biopic about the musical group of the same name. He has two brothers, the lawyer Adolf Sander, the scientist Christian (Chris) Sander, and a sister, the book dealer Marianne Sander. He also played a professor in the movie: The Promise about the division of Berlin by the wall.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Otto Sander, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
| 2015 | A Paixão de JL · as Cassiel |
| 2012 | Fly Away · as Eckehardt Tiedgen |
| 2010 | |
| 2008 | Krabat · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2007 | The Heart Is a Dark Forest · as Helmut |
| 2007 | Little King Macius · as Erasmus (voice) |
| 2006 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer · as Narrator |
| 2005 | Vienna Crime Squad (TV Series) · as Conrad Ribarski |
| 2005 | Little Spoon · as Otto |
| 2004 | Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2003 | The Danube · as Franz |
| 2003 | Werner - Gekotzt wird später! · as Erzähler (voice) |
| 2002 | Tödliches Vertrauen · as Bernd Kortens |
| 2002 | Atlantic Affairs · as Maitre De Plaisir On Stage |
| 2001 | 100 Pro · as Narrator |
| 2001 | Sass · as Vater Sass |
| 2001 | Abenteuer Ruhrpott · as Cast |
| 2000 | Majestät brauchen Sonne · as Kaiser Wilhelm Ii |
| 2000 | The Miserables (2000) (TV Series) · as Monseigneur Bienvenu |
| 2000 | Marlene · as Bühnenmanager |
| 1999 | Untersuchung an Mädeln · as Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner |
| 1999 | The Einstein of Sex · as Professor Steinach |
| 1999 | E-m@il an Gott · as Petrus |
| 1999 | Männer sind wie Schokolade · as Vater Lano |
| 1998 | The Shop (TV Series) |
| 1998 | Am I Beautiful? · as David |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | Conversation with the Beast · as Adolf Hitler Double |
| 1996 | Killer Condom · as Mr. Higgins |
| 1996 | Truck Stop · as Cast |
| 1995 | Lumière and Company · as Cassiel (segment "wim Wenders") |
| 1995 | Nikolaikirche · as Kirchlicher Superintendent |
| 1995 | Bauernschach · as Dr. Gerold Stadler |
| 1995 | A.S. - Gefahr ist sein Geschäft (TV Series) · as Freddy Klinke |
| 1994 | Das Versprechen · as Professor Lorenz |
| 1994 | Movie Days · as Maður Á Hesti |
| 1994 | Tri sestry · as Vershinin |
| 1993 | Der Kinoerzähler · as Salzmann |
| 1993 | Faraway, So Close! · as Cassiel |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | U2: Stay (Faraway, So Close!) · as Cassiel |
| 1992 | Die Serpentintänzerin · as Clemens Conrad |
| 1992 | Wolffs Revier (TV Series) · as Schenk |
| 1990 | Amaurose · as Cast |
| 1990 | Werner - Beinhart! · as Erzähler (voice) |
| 1989 | The Break · as Erwin Lubowitz |
| 1988 | Z.B. ... Otto Spalt · as Otto Spalt |
| 1988 | Siebenstein (TV Series) · as Kammerdiener Egon |
| 1987 | Wings of Desire · as Cassiel |
| 1986 | Wahnfried · as Richard Wagner |
| 1986 | Caspar David Friedrich - Grenzen der Zeit · as Gerichtsgehilfe |
| 1986 | Rosa Luxemburg · as Karl Liebknecht |
| 1986 | Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars · as Loan Officer Grop |
| 1985 | Das Boot (TV Series) · as Kapitänleutnant Philipp |
| 1984 | Der Fahnder (TV Series) · as Bähr |
| 1983 | A Love in Germany · as Narrator |
| 1982 | Wer spinnt denn da, Herr Doktor? · as Nummer Sieben |
| 1981 | Strike Back · as Kowalski |
| 1981 | A Case for Two (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1981 | Das Boot · as Phillip Thomsen |
| 1981 | The Man in the Pajamas · as Rudi |
| 1981 | The Love Boat (DE) (TV Series) · as James Korthals |
| 1980 | Palermo or Wolfsburg · as Staatsanwalt |
| 1979 | The Tin Drum · as Meyn |
| 1976 | Vier gegen die Bank · as Eberhard Winter |
| 1976 | The Marquise of O · as Brother, Forstmeister |
| 1976 | Summer Guests · as Pjotr Suslov |
| 1975 | Lehmanns Erzählungen · as Lehmann |
| 1974 | One or the Other · as Rulle Ruhlsdorff |
| 1973 | Rappelkiste (TV Series) · as Vater |
| 1972 | Der Ignorant und der Wahnsinnige · as Kellner Winter |
| 1971 | Police Call 110 (TV Series) · as Lansky |
| 1970 | Tatort (TV Series) · as Manfred Enders |
| 1970 | |
| 1967 | Aktenzeichen XY ... ungeloest (TV Series) · as Kunsträuber |
| 1965 | John Kling (TV Series) · as Kerwin Goff |