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

Conversation with the Beast

199710.0

Faraway, So Close!

19937.0

Krabat

20085.8

About Narration

20258.0

Majestät brauchen Sonne

19998.0

The Killer Condom

19965.2

Lumière & Company

19956.3

Die Mutter

197110.0

Werner and the Wizard of Booze

19906.6

Werner - Gekotzt wird später!

20035.9

Summer Guests

19767.3

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

20217.2

Rosa Luxemburg

19866.6

Am I Beautiful?

19986.7

Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef

20048.0

Die Bakchen

197410.0

The Heart Is a Dark Forest

20075.5

Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars

19866.7

The Ignoramus and the Madman

1972

Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us

20038.3

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

20005.5

Plastikfieber

1979

Liebe Lügen

19977.0

Girls under investigation

19997.0

The Harmonists

19976.7

The Marquise of O

19766.7

Prinz Friedrich von Homburg

19737.0

Matulla und Busch

19957.0

Vorwärts

19908.0

Marlene

20005.7

Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe

19809.0

Wahnfried

19865.2

Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust

19988.0

A Love in Germany

19835.5

Time of Vengeance

19907.0

Life Is Too Long

20105.0

Das Loch

19959.0

Trilogie des Wiedersehens

19797.0

Palermo or Wolfsburg

19805.5

Strike Back

19815.6

The Promise

19956.6

The Danube

20036.3

The Film Narrator

19939.0

The Break

19894.6

Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben

19758.0

Hölderlin-Comics

19947.0

Sonntags am Meer

1970

Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter

20136.4

Nikolaikirche

19954.5

Movie Days

19946.1

Schlusschor

1993

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

1975

Sass

20015.4

Drei Schwestern

19868.0

Männer sind wie Schokolade

19997.0

Phantom

1979

Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich

19867.2

Fly Away

20125.7

One or the Other of Us

19744.7

No Pawing, Darling

19707.7

E-m@il an Gott

19998.0

Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt

197410.0

The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang

19948.7

Inge, April und Mai

19934.7

Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk

197810.0

Sonnabend, der 1.

1970

Atlantic Affairs

20028.0

Close Up

1987

Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?

19818.7

The Olympic Summer

19933.0

Four Against the Bank

19766.3

The Case of Mr. Spalt

19889.0

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

1981

Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten

1981

100 Pro

20015.0

Der Mann im Pyjama

19816.7

Der Kuß des Vergessens

19999.0

Three Sisters

19944.0

Little King Macius

20074.0

Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland

199210.0

Die Schuld der Erben

20122.0

Lehmanns Erzählungen

19758.0

Tödliches Vertrauen

20026.5

Bescheiß kein Kind!

1992

Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre

20038.0

Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois

19824.0

Heinrich Zille

19777.0

Bauernschach

19955.5

Der Mord mit der Schere

19849.0

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

1986

Happy Too

20027.0

Wie du mir..

198910.0

Die Ursache

1980

Ludwig

19646.0