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Otto Sander
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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September 28th, 2025 | About Narration | TBD | 8 | |
January 10th, 2021 | Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story | Self | 7.2 | |
February 8th, 2013 | Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter | Himself | 6.4 | |
July 12th, 2012 | Fly Away | Eckehardt Tiedgen | 5.7 | |
January 5th, 2012 | Die Schuld der Erben | Leonhard Asmussen | 2 | |
August 26th, 2010 | Life Is Too Long | TBD | 5 | |
September 7th, 2008 | Krabat | Narrator (voice) | 5.9 | |
December 27th, 2007 | The Heart Is a Dark Forest | Helmut | 5.5 | |
September 20th, 2007 | Little King Macius | Erasmus (voice) | 4 | |
October 7th, 2004 | Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef | Narrator (voice) | 8 | |
December 16th, 2003 | Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre | Voice | 8 | |
October 27th, 2003 | The Danube | Franz | 6.3 | |
July 17th, 2003 | Werner - Gekotzt wird später! | Erzähler (voice) | 5.9 | |
July 1st, 2003 | Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us | Self | 8.3 | |
November 11th, 2002 | Tödliches Vertrauen | Bernd Kortens | 6.5 | |
November 3rd, 2002 | Atlantic Affairs | Maitre de Plaisir on Stage | 8 | |
August 1st, 2002 | Happy Too | Himself / Gert Bastian | 7 | |
October 4th, 2001 | 100 Pro | Narrator | 5 | |
September 27th, 2001 | Sass | Vater Sass | 5.4 | |
March 16th, 2000 | The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld | Professor Steinach | 5.4 | |
March 9th, 2000 | Marlene | Bühnenmanager | 5.7 | |
December 3rd, 1999 | E-m@il an Gott | Petrus | 8 | |
October 27th, 1999 | Majestät brauchen Sonne | Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice) | 8 | |
April 15th, 1999 | Girls under investigation | Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner | 7 | |
March 19th, 1999 | Männer sind wie Schokolade | Vater Lano | 7 | |
January 1st, 1999 | Der Kuß des Vergessens | Herr Jelke | 9 | |
September 27th, 1998 | Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust | Walker | 8 | |
September 17th, 1998 | Am I Beautiful? | David | 6.8 | |
December 25th, 1997 | The Harmonists | TBD | 6.7 | |
February 20th, 1997 | Conversation with the Beast | Adolf Hitler Double | 10 | |
January 1st, 1997 | Liebe Lügen | Vater | 7 | |
August 29th, 1996 | The Killer Condom | Mr. Higgins | 5.2 | |
December 20th, 1995 | Matulla und Busch | Korte | 7 | |
December 20th, 1995 | Lumière & Company | Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders") | 6.3 | |
October 17th, 1995 | Nikolaikirche | kirchlicher Superintendent | 4.5 | |
February 16th, 1995 | The Promise | Professor Lorenz | 6.6 | |
January 17th, 1995 | Bauernschach | Dr. Gerold Stadler | 5.5 | |
January 1st, 1995 | Das Loch | Der Mann | 9 | |
October 4th, 1994 | The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang | Prof. Hinzelmann | 8.7 | |
July 15th, 1994 | Hölderlin-Comics | TBD | 7 | |
June 30th, 1994 | Movie Days | Maður á hesti | 6.1 | |
January 1st, 1994 | Three Sisters | Vershinin | 4 | |
November 25th, 1993 | The Film Narrator | Salzmann | 9 | |
September 17th, 1993 | The Olympic Summer | Sprecher | 3 | |
September 1st, 1993 | Faraway, So Close! | Cassiel | 6.9 | |
April 22nd, 1993 | Inge, April und Mai | TBD | 4.7 | |
February 16th, 1993 | Schlusschor | TBD | TBD | |
July 13th, 1992 | Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland | TBD | 10 | |
January 1st, 1992 | Bescheiß kein Kind! | Vater | TBD | |
November 29th, 1990 | Werner and the Wizard of Booze | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 6.6 | |
January 1st, 1990 | Vorwärts | TBD | 8 | |
January 1st, 1990 | Time of Vengeance | Robert | 7 | |
January 19th, 1989 | The Break | Erwin Lubowitz | 4.6 | |
January 1st, 1989 | Wie du mir.. | Markus Petarka | 10 | |
March 25th, 1988 | The Case of Mr. Spalt | Otto Spalt | 9 | |
September 23rd, 1987 | Wings of Desire | Cassiel | 7.8 | |
February 28th, 1987 | Close Up | Professor Spalt | TBD | |
October 22nd, 1986 | Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich | Gerichtsgehilfe | 7.2 | |
September 8th, 1986 | Drei Schwestern | Alexander Ignatjewitsch Werschinin | 8 | |
May 30th, 1986 | Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars | Loan officer Grop | 6.7 | |
April 16th, 1986 | Wahnfried | Richard Wagner | 5.2 | |
April 10th, 1986 | Rosa Luxemburg | Karl Liebknecht | 6.6 | |
January 1st, 1986 | Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin | Rezitation | TBD | |
July 25th, 1984 | Der Mord mit der Schere | Inspector Spalt | 9 | |
October 26th, 1983 | A Love in Germany | Narrator | 5.5 | |
June 7th, 1982 | Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois | Self | 4 | |
December 18th, 1981 | Der Mann im Pyjama | Rudi | 6.7 | |
November 10th, 1981 | Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor? | Nummer Sieben | 8.7 | |
September 17th, 1981 | Das Boot | Phillip Thomsen | 8.1 | |
September 10th, 1981 | Strike Back | Kowalski | 5.6 | |
June 14th, 1981 | Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren | TBD | TBD | |
January 1st, 1981 | Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten | Kalfisch | TBD | |
November 19th, 1980 | Die Ursache | TBD | TBD | |
July 30th, 1980 | Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe | TBD | 9 | |
February 1st, 1980 | Palermo or Wolfsburg | Staatsanwalt | 5.7 | |
May 2nd, 1979 | The Tin Drum | Meyn | 7 | |
March 25th, 1979 | Trilogie des Wiedersehens | Richard | 7 | |
March 2nd, 1979 | Phantom | TBD | TBD | |
January 1st, 1979 | Plastikfieber | Wilfried | TBD | |
February 19th, 1978 | Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk | TBD | 10 | |
November 16th, 1977 | Heinrich Zille | TBD | 7 | |
December 7th, 1976 | Four Against the Bank | Eberhard Winter | 6.3 | |
May 19th, 1976 | The Marquise of O | Brother, Forstmeister | 6.7 | |
January 29th, 1976 | Summer Guests | Pjotr Suslov | 7.3 | |
April 7th, 1975 | Lehmanns Erzählungen | Lehmann | 8 | |
March 1st, 1975 | Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces | Himself | TBD | |
January 24th, 1975 | Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben | Harald Bornemann | 8 | |
December 12th, 1974 | Die Bakchen | Tiresias | 10 | |
April 22nd, 1974 | One or the Other of Us | Rulle Ruhlsdorff | 4.7 | |
March 29th, 1974 | Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt | TBD | 10 | |
November 25th, 1973 | Prinz Friedrich von Homburg | Obrist Kottwitz | 7 | |
July 22nd, 1972 | The Ignoramus and the Madman | TBD | TBD | |
February 8th, 1971 | Die Mutter | TBD | 10 | |
December 21st, 1970 | Sonntags am Meer | Fritzchen | TBD | |
January 9th, 1970 | No Pawing, Darling | TBD | 7.7 | |
January 2nd, 1970 | Sonnabend, der 1. | TBD | TBD | |
November 28th, 1964 | Ludwig | Ludwig | 6 |