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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 30, 1941
Died
September 12, 2013
Place of Birth
Hanover, Germany
Otto Sander
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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
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About Narration
2025
7.2
Self
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021
6.4
Himself
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
2013
5.7
Eckehardt Tiedgen
Fly Away
2012
🎬
2.0
Leonhard Asmussen
Die Schuld der Erben
2012
5.0
Life Is Too Long
2010
5.9
Narrator (voice)
Krabat
2008
5.5
Helmut
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
2007
4.0
Erasmus (voice)
Little King Macius
2007
0.0
Erzähler / Narrator
Unter kaiserlicher Flagge
2006
Credits
About Narration
2025
0.0
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
as Self
2021
7.2
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
as Himself
2013
6.4
Fly Away
as Eckehardt Tiedgen
2012
5.7
🎬
Die Schuld der Erben
as Leonhard Asmussen
2012
2.0
Life Is Too Long
2010
5.0
Krabat
as Narrator (voice)
2008
5.9
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
as Helmut
2007
5.5
Little King Macius
as Erasmus (voice)
2007
4.0
Unter kaiserlicher Flagge
as Erzähler / Narrator
2006
0.0
Vienna Crime Squad
as Conrad Ribarski
2005
4.6
Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef
as Narrator (voice)
2004
0.0
🎬
Leute am Donnerstag
as himself
2004
0.0
🎬
Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre
as Voice
2003
0.0
The Danube
as Franz
2003
5.0
Werner - Gekotzt wird später!
as Erzähler (voice)
2003
5.9
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
as Self
2003
8.3
🎬
Tödliches Vertrauen
as Bernd Kortens
2002
3.0
🎬
Atlantic Affairs
as Maitre de Plaisir on Stage
2002
0.0
🎬
Ein roter Teppich für....
as Self
2002
0.0
Happy Too
as Himself / Gert Bastian
2002
0.0
Through the Night with...
as Self
2002
8.0
🎬
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
as Self
2002
0.0
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
as Narrator
2002
0.0
100 Pro
as Narrator
2001
3.5
Sass
as Vater Sass
2001
5.2
Preußen – Chronik eines deutschen Staates
as Self (Narrator)
2000
0.0
Les Misérables
as Monseigneur Bienvenu
2000
6.9
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
as Professor Steinach
2000
5.3
Marlene
as Bühnenmanager
2000
5.5
E-m@il an Gott
as Petrus
1999
0.0
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Majestät brauchen Sonne
as Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
1999
0.0
Girls under investigation
as Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner
1999
0.0
Männer sind wie Schokolade
as Vater Lano
1999
5.0
🎬
Der Kuß des Vergessens
as Herr Jelke
1999
0.0
The Shop
1998
3.7
🎬
Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust
as Walker
1998
0.0
Am I Beautiful?
as David
1998
6.6
🎬
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
as Self
1998
4.0
The Harmonists
1997
6.7
Das Boot - The Director's Cut
as Kapitätleutnant Phlilipp
1997
0.0
🎬
Tietjen und Bommes
as Self
1997
0.0
Conversation with the Beast
as Adolf Hitler Double
1997
0.0
🎬
Liebe Lügen
as Vater
1997
0.0
🎬
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
as Rainer Kleinhundert
1996
0.0
The Killer Condom
as Mr. Higgins
1996
5.1
Zimmer frei!
as Self
1996
6.3
Lumière & Company
as Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
1995
6.2
🎬
Matulla und Busch
as Korte
1995
0.0
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
1995
7.1
Nikolaikirche
as kirchlicher Superintendent
1995
3.7
Kulturzeit
as self
1995
3.5
The Promise
as Professor Lorenz
1995
6.3
Bauernschach
as Dr. Gerold Stadler
1995
4.0
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A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
as Freddy Klinke
1995
0.0
Das Loch
as Der Mann
1995
0.0
The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang
as Prof. Hinzelmann
1994
9.0
🎬
Hölderlin-Comics
1994
0.0
Movie Days
as Maður á hesti
1994
6.0
Three Sisters
as Vershinin
1994
1.0
The Film Narrator
as Salzmann
1993
0.0
The Olympic Summer
as Sprecher
1993
1.0
Faraway, So Close!
as Cassiel
1993
6.9
Inge, April und Mai
1993
2.0
🎬
Schlusschor
1993
0.0
Wolffs Revier
as Schenk
1992
3.0
Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland
1992
0.0
🎬
Bescheiß kein Kind!
as Vater
1992
0.0
DAS!
as Self
1991
4.2
Werner and the Wizard of Booze
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1990
6.6
Time of Vengeance
as Robert
1990
0.0
🎬
Vorwärts
1990
0.0
The Break
as Erwin Lubowitz
1989
3.8
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Wie du mir..
as Markus Petarka
1989
0.0
The Case of Mr. Spalt
as Otto Spalt
1988
9.3
Wings of Desire
as Cassiel
1987
7.8
🎬
Close Up
as Professor Spalt
1987
0.0
Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich
as Gerichtsgehilfe
1986
6.6
🎬
Drei Schwestern
as Alexander Ignatjewitsch Werschinin
1986
0.0
Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
as Loan officer Grop
1986
5.5
Wahnfried
as Richard Wagner
1986
4.3
Rosa Luxemburg
as Karl Liebknecht
1986
6.6
🎬
Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin
as Rezitation
1986
0.0
Das Boot
as Kapitänleutnant Philipp
1985
8.6
Der Fahnder
as Bähr
1984
6.9
🎬
Der Mord mit der Schere
as Inspector Spalt
1984
0.0
A Love in Germany
as Narrator
1983
4.9
🎬
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
as Self
1982
1.0
Der Mann im Pyjama
as Rudi
1981
6.5
Das Traumschiff
as James Korthals
1981
4.8
Das Traumschiff
as Johannes Lippelt
1981
4.8
Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
as Nummer Sieben
1981
8.0
Das Boot
as Phillip Thomsen
1981
8.1
Strike Back
as Kowalski
1981
5.1
🎬
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
1981
0.0
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
1981
5.3
🎬
Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
as Kalfisch
1981
0.0
🎬
Die Ursache
1980
0.0
🎬
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
1980
0.0
Palermo or Wolfsburg
as Staatsanwalt
1980
5.4
The Tin Drum
as Meyn
1979
6.9
🎬
Trilogie des Wiedersehens
as Richard
1979
0.0
🎬
Phantom
1979
0.0
NDR Talk Show
as Self
1979
6.5
🎬
Plastikfieber
as Wilfried
1979
0.0
🎬
Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk
1978
0.0
🎬
Heinrich Zille
1977
0.0
Four Against the Bank
as Eberhard Winter
1976
4.5
The Marquise of O
as Brother, Forstmeister
1976
6.7
Summer Guests
as Pjotr Suslov
1976
6.3
🎬
Lehmanns Erzählungen
as Lehmann
1975
0.0
Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces
as Himself
1975
0.0
Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben
as Harald Bornemann
1975
0.0
🎬
Die Bakchen
as Tiresias
1974
0.0
One or the Other of Us
as Rulle Ruhlsdorff
1974
4.4
🎬
Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt
1974
0.0
🎬
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
as Obrist Kottwitz
1973
0.0
🎬
The Ignoramus and the Madman
1972
0.0
Polizeiruf 110
as Ludwig Stolze
1971
6.2
Polizeiruf 110
as Lansky
1971
6.2
Polizeiruf 110
as Richard Lansky
1971
6.2
🎬
Die Mutter
1971
0.0
🎬
Sonntags am Meer
as Fritzchen
1970
0.0
Scene of the Crime
as Manfred Enders
1970
6.1
Scene of the Crime
as Otto Androsch
1970
6.1
No Pawing, Darling
1970
7.0
🎬
Sonnabend, der 1.
1970
0.0
🎬
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
as Self
1967
6.0
Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst
as Kunsträuber
1967
8.1
🎬
Ludwig
as Ludwig
1964
5.3
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Grimme Award
as Self
1964
0.0