Otto Sander

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Age

Movies

Born: June 30, 1941 – September 12, 2013
From: 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.

Works

97 films

Das Boot

19818.1

The Tin Drum

19797.0

Wings of Desire

19877.8

About Narration

20258.0

Krabat

20085.8

Faraway, So Close!

19936.9

Majestät brauchen Sonne

19998.0

Conversation with the Beast

199710.0

The Killer Condom

19965.2

Summer Guests

19767.3

Lumière & Company

19956.3

Werner and the Wizard of Booze

19906.6

Die Mutter

197110.0

Die Bakchen

197410.0

Girls under investigation

19997.0

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

20217.2

Prinz Friedrich von Homburg

19737.0

Werner - Gekotzt wird später!

20035.9

The Heart Is a Dark Forest

20075.5

Am I Beautiful?

19986.7

Wahnfried

19865.2

Liebe Lügen

19977.0

Rosa Luxemburg

19866.6

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

20005.5

Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef

20048.0

The Marquise of O

19766.7

The Harmonists

19976.7

The Ignoramus and the Madman

1972

Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe

19809.0

Vorwärts

19908.0

Plastikfieber

1979

A Love in Germany

19835.5

Nikolaikirche

19954.5

Matulla und Busch

19957.0

Marlene

20005.7

Trilogie des Wiedersehens

19797.0

Palermo or Wolfsburg

19805.5

Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars

19866.7

Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust

19988.0

The Promise

19956.6

Life Is Too Long

20105.0

Strike Back

19815.6

Fly Away

20125.7

Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us

20038.3

Sonntags am Meer

1970

Time of Vengeance

19907.0

Schlusschor

1993

The Film Narrator

19939.0

Inge, April und Mai

19934.7

One or the Other of Us

19744.7

Hölderlin-Comics

19947.0

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

1975

Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben

19758.0

The Break

19894.6

Close Up

1987

Sass

20015.4

Das Loch

19959.0

Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter

20136.4

The Danube

20036.3

Four Against the Bank

19766.3

Phantom

1979

Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?

19818.7

Three Sisters

19944.0

Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt

197410.0

Drei Schwestern

19868.0

Little King Macius

20074.0

Lehmanns Erzählungen

19758.0

Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk

197810.0

The Olympic Summer

19933.0

100 Pro

20015.0

Der Kuß des Vergessens

19999.0

Sonnabend, der 1.

1970

Männer sind wie Schokolade

19997.0

Atlantic Affairs

20028.0

The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang

19948.7

Die Schuld der Erben

20122.0

Der Mann im Pyjama

19816.7

Movie Days

19946.1

Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich

19867.2

Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten

1981

Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois

19824.0

Ludwig

19646.0

Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland

199210.0

Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre

20038.0

Der Mord mit der Schere

19849.0

Tödliches Vertrauen

20026.5

No Pawing, Darling

19707.7

Happy Too

20027.0

Bescheiß kein Kind!

1992

E-m@il an Gott

19998.0

Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren

1981

Heinrich Zille

19777.0

Die Ursache

1980

Wie du mir..

198910.0

The Case of Mr. Spalt

19889.0

Bauernschach

19955.5

Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin

1986