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.
Acting
Movie
Das Boot
as Phillip Thomsen
1981
Movie
Wings of Desire
as Cassiel
1987
Movie
The Tin Drum
as Meyn
1979
Movie
Krabat
as Narrator (voice)
2008
Movie
Werner and the Wizard of Booze
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1990
Movie
Faraway, So Close!
as Cassiel
1993
TV
Das Boot
as Kapitänleutnant Philipp
1985
TV
Scene of the Crime
as Manfred Enders
1970
TV
Scene of the Crime
as Otto Androsch
1970
TV
Les Misérables
as Monseigneur Bienvenu
2000
Movie
The Killer Condom
as Mr. Higgins
1996
Movie
Werner - Gekotzt wird später!
as Erzähler (voice)
2003
Movie
The Marquise of O
as Brother, Forstmeister
1976
Movie
Lumière & Company
as Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
1995
Movie
The Harmonists
1997
Movie
Rosa Luxemburg
as Karl Liebknecht
1986
TV
Polizeiruf 110
as Ludwig Stolze
1971
TV
Polizeiruf 110
as Lansky
1971
TV
Polizeiruf 110
as Richard Lansky
1971
Movie
Am I Beautiful?
as David
1998
TV
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
1981
Movie
Marlene
as Bühnenmanager
2000
Movie
The Promise
as Professor Lorenz
1995
TV
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
1995
