Otto Sander
Acting
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.
Werner - Gekotzt wird später!
as Erzähler (voice)
Age 62 (now 72)
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
as Professor Steinach
Age 58 (now 72)
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
as Self
Age 79 (now 72)
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
as Himself
Age 71 (now 72)
Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef
as Narrator (voice)
Age 63 (now 72)Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre
as Voice
Age 62 (now 72)
Werner - Gekotzt wird später!
as Erzähler (voice)
Age 62 (now 72)
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
as Self
Age 62 (now 72)
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
as Professor Steinach
Age 58 (now 72)
Majestät brauchen Sonne
as Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
Age 58 (now 72)
Girls under investigation
as Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner
Age 57 (now 72)
Conversation with the Beast
as Adolf Hitler Double
Age 55 (now 72)
The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang
as Prof. Hinzelmann
Age 53 (now 72)
Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland
Werner and the Wizard of Booze
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Age 49 (now 72)
Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich
as Gerichtsgehilfe
Age 45 (now 72)
Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
as Loan officer Grop
Age 44 (now 72)
Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin
as Rezitation
Age 44 (now 72)
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
Director
Age 40 (now 72)
Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
as Nummer Sieben
Age 40 (now 72)
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
as Kalfisch
Age 39 (now 72)
Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces
as Himself
Age 33 (now 72)
Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben
as Harald Bornemann
Age 33 (now 72)
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
as Obrist Kottwitz
Age 32 (now 72)
Unter kaiserlicher Flagge
as Erzähler / Narrator
Age 65 (now 72)
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
as Narrator
Age 60 (now 72)
Preußen – Chronik eines deutschen Staates
as Self (Narrator)
Age 59 (now 72)
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
as Rainer Kleinhundert
Age 55 (now 72)
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
as Freddy Klinke
Age 53 (now 72)
Gathering insights...
IMDB
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