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Otto Sander
Actor, Director
Born June 30, 1941Died September 12, 2013 (72 years)
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.
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
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 | SOKO Wien (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 | Macius (TV Series) · as Erasmus |
| 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 (voice) |
| 2000 | Les Misérables (2000) (TV Series) · as Monseigneur Bienvenu |
| 2000 | Marlene · as Bühnenmanager |
| 1999 | The Einstein of Sex · as Professor Steinach |
| 1999 | E-m@il an Gott · as Petrus |
| 1999 | Untersuchung an Mädeln · as Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner |
| 1999 | Männer sind wie Schokolade · as Vater Lano |
| 1998 | The Shop (TV Series) |
| 1998 | Am I Beautiful? · as David |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Truck Stop · as Cast |
| 1996 | Conversation with the Beast · as Adolf Hitler Double |
| 1996 | Killer Condom · as Mr. Higgins |
| 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 | |
| 1992 | Die Serpentintänzerin · as Clemens Conrad |
| 1992 | Wolffs Revier (TV Series) · as Schenk |
| 1990 | Amaurose · as Cast |
| 1990 | Werner and the Wizard of Booze · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1989 | The Break · as Erwin Lubowitz |
| 1988 | Siebenstein (TV Series) · as Kammerdiener Egon |
| 1988 | Z.B. ... Otto Spalt · as Otto Spalt |
| 1987 | Wings of Desire · as Cassiel |
| 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 |
| 1986 | Wahnfried · as Richard Wagner |
| 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 | Das Boot · as Phillip Thomsen |
| 1981 | The Man in the Pajamas · as Rudi |
| 1981 | The Love Boat (DE) (TV Series) · as Johannes Lippelt |
| 1981 | A Case for Two (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1981 | Strike Back · as Kowalski |
| 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 | Polizeiruf 110 (TV Series) · as Lansky |
| 1970 | Tatort (TV Series) · as Otto Androsch |
| 1970 | |
| 1967 | Aktenzeichen XY ... ungeloest (TV Series) · as Kunsträuber |
| 1965 | John Kling (TV Series) · as Kerwin Goff |