Otto Sander (German: [ˈɔtoː ˈzandɐ]; June 30, 1941 – September 12, 2013) was a German film, theater, and voice actor.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
About Narration
Character:
Release Date:28/09/2025
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Character:Self
Release Date:10/01/2021
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
Character:Himself
Release Date:08/02/2013
Fly Away
Character:Eckehardt Tiedgen
Release Date:12/07/2012
Die Schuld der Erben
Character:Leonhard Asmussen
Release Date:05/01/2012
Life Is Too Long
Character:
Release Date:26/08/2010
Krabat
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:07/09/2008
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
Character:Helmut
Release Date:27/12/2007
Little King Macius
Character:Erasmus (voice)
Release Date:20/09/2007
Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:07/10/2004
Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre
Character:Voice
Release Date:16/12/2003
The Danube
Character:Franz
Release Date:27/10/2003
Werner - Gekotzt wird später!
Character:Erzähler (voice)
Release Date:17/07/2003
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Character:Self
Release Date:01/07/2003
Tödliches Vertrauen
Character:Bernd Kortens
Release Date:11/11/2002
Atlantic Affairs
Character:Maitre de Plaisir on Stage
Release Date:03/11/2002
Happy Too
Character:Himself / Gert Bastian
Release Date:01/08/2002
100 Pro
Character:Narrator
Release Date:04/10/2001
Sass
Character:Vater Sass
Release Date:27/09/2001
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
Character:Professor Steinach
Release Date:16/03/2000
Marlene
Character:Bühnenmanager
Release Date:09/03/2000
E-m@il an Gott
Character:Petrus
Release Date:03/12/1999
Majestät brauchen Sonne
Character:Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
Release Date:27/10/1999
Girls under investigation
Character:Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner
Release Date:15/04/1999
Männer sind wie Schokolade
Character:Vater Lano
Release Date:19/03/1999
Der Kuß des Vergessens
Character:Herr Jelke
Release Date:01/01/1999
Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust
Character:Walker
Release Date:27/09/1998
Am I Beautiful?
Character:David
Release Date:17/09/1998
The Harmonists
Character:
Release Date:25/12/1997
Das Boot - The Director's Cut
Character:Kapitätleutnant Phlilipp
Release Date:11/12/1997
Conversation with the Beast
Character:Adolf Hitler Double
Release Date:20/02/1997
Liebe Lügen
Character:Vater
Release Date:01/01/1997
The Killer Condom
Character:Mr. Higgins
Release Date:29/08/1996
Matulla und Busch
Character:Korte
Release Date:20/12/1995
Lumière & Company
Character:Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Release Date:20/12/1995
Nikolaikirche
Character:kirchlicher Superintendent
Release Date:17/10/1995
The Promise
Character:Professor Lorenz
Release Date:16/02/1995
Bauernschach
Character:Dr. Gerold Stadler
Release Date:17/01/1995
Das Loch
Character:Der Mann
Release Date:01/01/1995
The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang
Character:Prof. Hinzelmann
Release Date:04/10/1994
Hölderlin-Comics
Character:
Release Date:15/07/1994
Movie Days
Character:Maður á hesti
Release Date:30/06/1994
Three Sisters
Character:Vershinin
Release Date:01/01/1994
The Film Narrator
Character:Salzmann
Release Date:25/11/1993
The Olympic Summer
Character:Sprecher
Release Date:17/09/1993
Faraway, So Close!
Character:Cassiel
Release Date:01/09/1993
Inge, April und Mai
Character:
Release Date:22/04/1993
Schlusschor
Character:
Release Date:16/02/1993
Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland
Character:
Release Date:13/07/1992
Bescheiß kein Kind!
Character:Vater
Release Date:01/01/1992
Werner and the Wizard of Booze
Character:Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:29/11/1990
Vorwärts
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1990
Time of Vengeance
Character:Robert
Release Date:01/01/1990
The Break
Character:Erwin Lubowitz
Release Date:19/01/1989
Wie du mir..
Character:Markus Petarka
Release Date:01/01/1989
The Case of Mr. Spalt
Character:Otto Spalt
Release Date:25/03/1988
Wings of Desire
Character:Cassiel
Release Date:23/09/1987
Close Up
Character:Professor Spalt
Release Date:28/02/1987
Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich
Character:Gerichtsgehilfe
Release Date:22/10/1986
Drei Schwestern
Character:Alexander Ignatjewitsch Werschinin
Release Date:08/09/1986
Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
Character:Loan officer Grop
Release Date:30/05/1986
Wahnfried
Character:Richard Wagner
Release Date:16/04/1986
Rosa Luxemburg
Character:Karl Liebknecht
Release Date:10/04/1986
Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin
Character:Rezitation
Release Date:01/01/1986
Der Mord mit der Schere
Character:Inspector Spalt
Release Date:25/07/1984
A Love in Germany
Character:Narrator
Release Date:26/10/1983
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
Character:Self
Release Date:07/06/1982
Der Mann im Pyjama
Character:Rudi
Release Date:18/12/1981
Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
Character:Nummer Sieben
Release Date:10/11/1981
Das Boot
Character:Phillip Thomsen
Release Date:17/09/1981
Strike Back
Character:Kowalski
Release Date:10/09/1981
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
Character:
Release Date:14/06/1981
Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
Character:Kalfisch
Release Date:01/01/1981
Die Ursache
Character:
Release Date:19/11/1980
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
Character:
Release Date:30/07/1980
Palermo or Wolfsburg
Character:Staatsanwalt
Release Date:01/02/1980
The Tin Drum
Character:Meyn
Release Date:02/05/1979
Trilogie des Wiedersehens
Character:Richard
Release Date:25/03/1979
Phantom
Character:
Release Date:02/03/1979
Plastikfieber
Character:Wilfried
Release Date:01/01/1979
Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk
Character:
Release Date:19/02/1978
Heinrich Zille
Character:
Release Date:16/11/1977
Four Against the Bank
Character:Eberhard Winter
Release Date:07/12/1976
The Marquise of O
Character:Brother, Forstmeister
Release Date:19/05/1976
Summer Guests
Character:Pjotr Suslov
Release Date:29/01/1976
Lehmanns Erzählungen
Character:Lehmann
Release Date:07/04/1975
Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/03/1975
Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben
Character:Harald Bornemann
Release Date:24/01/1975
Die Bakchen
Character:Tiresias
Release Date:12/12/1974
One or the Other of Us
Character:Rulle Ruhlsdorff
Release Date:22/04/1974
Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt
Character:
Release Date:29/03/1974
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
Character:Obrist Kottwitz
Release Date:25/11/1973
The Ignoramus and the Madman
Character:
Release Date:22/07/1972
Die Mutter
Character:
Release Date:08/02/1971
Sonntags am Meer
Character:Fritzchen
Release Date:21/12/1970
No Pawing, Darling
Character:
Release Date:09/01/1970
Sonnabend, der 1.
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1970
Ludwig
Character:Ludwig
Release Date:28/11/1964
Television Appearances
Unter kaiserlicher Flagge
Character:Erzähler / Narrator
Vienna Crime Squad
Character:Conrad Ribarski
Leute am Donnerstag
Character:himself
Ein roter Teppich für....
Character:Self
Through the Night with...
Character:Self
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Character:Self
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Character:Narrator
Preußen – Chronik eines deutschen Staates
Character:Self (Narrator)
Les Misérables
Character:Monseigneur Bienvenu
The Shop
Character:
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Character:Self
Tietjen und Bommes
Character:Self
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
Character:Rainer Kleinhundert
Zimmer frei!
Character:Self
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Character:Self
Kulturzeit
Character:self
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
Character:Freddy Klinke
Wolffs Revier
Character:Schenk
DAS!
Character:Self
Das Boot
Character:Kapitänleutnant Philipp
Der Fahnder
Character:Bähr
Das Traumschiff
Character:James Korthals
Das Traumschiff
Character:Johannes Lippelt
Wetten, dass..?
Character:Self
NDR Talk Show
Character:Self
Polizeiruf 110
Character:Ludwig Stolze
Polizeiruf 110
Character:Lansky
Polizeiruf 110
Character:Richard Lansky
Scene of the Crime
Character:Manfred Enders
Scene of the Crime
Character:Otto Androsch
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
Character:Self
Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst
Character:Kunsträuber
Grimme Award
Character:Self
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