
Otto Sander
Born: 1941-06-30
Place of Birth: Hanover, Germany
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.
Known For

Das Boot

The Tin Drum

Sass

Werner and the Wizard of Booze

Krabat

Wings of Desire

100 Pro

Summer Guests

Happy Too

Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich

Rosa Luxemburg

Movie Days

The Marquise of O

Lumière & Company

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

Am I Beautiful?

Bauernschach

The Killer Condom

Faraway, So Close!

Wahnfried

Werner - Gekotzt wird später!

Strike Back

Conversation with the Beast

About Narration

A Love in Germany

Three Sisters

The Case of Mr. Spalt

Little King Macius

The Harmonists

Marlene

Das Loch

Inge, April und Mai

Das Boot - The Director's Cut

The Film Narrator

The Break

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

The Promise

The Heart Is a Dark Forest

Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef

Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter

The Danube

One or the Other of Us

Palermo or Wolfsburg

Life Is Too Long

Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us

Nikolaikirche

Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?

Four Against the Bank

Girls under investigation

Time of Vengeance

Männer sind wie Schokolade

Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben

No Pawing, Darling

The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang

Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars

E-m@il an Gott

Der Mann im Pyjama

Fly Away

The Olympic Summer

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