Otto Sander
Otto Sander (born 30 June 1941 in Hanover) is 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 as a navy reserve officer and 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.
He is married to the actress Monika Hansen and is stepfather to the actors Ben Becker and Meret Becker.
His career is closely connected with the Schaubühne theatre in Berlin under the direction of Peter Stein. Because of his warm, strong voice, which earned him the sobriquet "The Voice" (the English term is used), he has been used frequently as narrator for television documentaries, and numerous talking books in the 1990s.
In 1990, he was a member of the Jury at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
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 Comedian Harmonists, a biopic about the musical group of the same name. He has two brothers, the lawyer Adolf Sander, the scientist Christian (Chris) Sander, and a sister, the book dealer Marianne Sander. He also played a professor in the movie: The Promise about the division of Berlin by the wall.
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Acted in
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021
as Self
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
2013
as Himself
Fly Away
2012
as Eckehardt Tiedgen
Die Schuld der Erben
2012
as Leonhard Asmussen
Life Is Too Long
2010
Krabat
2008
as Narrator (voice)
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
2007
as Helmut
Little King Macius
2007
as Erasmus (voice)
Unter kaiserlicher Flagge
2006
as Erzähler / Narrator
Vienna Crime Squad
2005
as Conrad Ribarski
Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre
2003
as Voice
The Danube
2003
as Franz
Werner - Gekotzt wird später!
2003
as Erzähler (voice)
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003
as Self
Tödliches Vertrauen
2002
as Bernd Kortens
Atlantic Affairs
2002
as Maitre de Plaisir on Stage
Happy Too
2002
as Himself / Gert Bastian
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002
as Narrator
100 Pro
2001
as Narrator
Sass
2001
as Vater Sass
Preußen – Chronik eines deutschen Staates
2000
as Self (Narrator)
Les Misérables
2000
as Monseigneur Bienvenu
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
2000
as Professor Steinach
Marlene
2000
as Bühnenmanager
E-m@il an Gott
1999
as Petrus
Girls under investigation
1999
as Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner
Männer sind wie Schokolade
1999
as Vater Lano
Der Kuß des Vergessens
1999
as Herr Jelke
The Shop
1998
Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust
1998
as Walker
Am I Beautiful?
1998
as David
The Harmonists
1997
Conversation with the Beast
1997
as Adolf Hitler Double
Liebe Lügen
1997
as Vater
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
1996
as Rainer Kleinhundert
The Killer Condom
1996
as Mr. Higgins
Matulla und Busch
1995
as Korte
Lumière and Company
1995
as Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
Nikolaikirche
1995
as kirchlicher Superintendent
The Promise
1995
as Professor Lorenz
Bauernschach
1995
as Dr. Gerold Stadler
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
1995
as Freddy Klinke
Das Loch
1995
as Der Mann
The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang
1994
as Prof. Hinzelmann
Movie Days
1994
as Maður á hesti
Three Sisters
1994
as Vershinin
The Film Narrator
1993
as Salzmann
The Olympic Summer
1993
as Sprecher
Faraway, So Close!
1993
as Cassiel
Inge, April und Mai
1993
Schlusschor
1993
Wolffs Revier
1992
as Schenk
Bescheiß kein Kind!
1992
as Vater
Werner - Beinhart!
1990
as Erzähler (voice)
Vorwärts
1990
Time of Vengeance
1990
as Robert
The Break
1989
as Erwin Lubowitz
Wie du mir..
1989
as Markus Petarka
The Case of Mr. Spalt
1988
as Otto Spalt
Wings of Desire
1987
as Cassiel
Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich
1986
as Gerichtsgehilfe
Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
1986
as Loan officer Grop
Wahnfried
1986
as Richard Wagner
Rosa Luxemburg
1986
as Karl Liebknecht
Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin
1986
as Rezitation
Das Boot
1985
as Kapitänleutnant Philipp
Der Fahnder
1984
as Bähr
Der Mord mit der Schere
1984
as Inspector Spalt
A Love in Germany
1983
as Narrator
Gedächtnis: Ein Film für Curt Bois und Bernhard Minetti
1982
as Self
Der Mann Im Pyjama
1981
as Rudi
Das Traumschiff
1981
as James Korthals
Das Traumschiff
1981
as Johannes Lippelt
Wer spinnt denn da, Herr Doktor?
1981
as Nummer Sieben
Das Boot
1981
as Phillip Thomsen
Strike Back
1981
as Kowalski
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
1981
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
1981
Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
1981
as Kalfisch
Die Ursache
1980
Palermo or Wolfsburg
1980
as Staatsanwalt
The Tin Drum
1979
as Meyn
Trilogie des Wiedersehens
1979
as Richard
Phantom
1979
Plastikfieber
1979
as Wilfried
Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk
1978
Heinrich Zille
1977
Four Against the Bank
1976
as Eberhard Winter
The Marquise of O
1976
as Brother, Forstmeister
Summer Guests
1976
as Pjotr Suslov
About Narration
1975
Lehmanns Erzählungen
1975
as Lehmann
Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces
1975
as Himself
Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben
1975
as Harald Bornemann
Die Bakchen
1974
as Tiresias
One or the Other of Us
1974
as Rulle Ruhlsdorff
Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt
1974
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
1973
as Obrist Kottwitz
The Ignoramus and the Madman
1972
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Ludwig Stolze
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Lansky
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Richard Lansky
Die Mutter
1971
Sonntags am Meer
1970
as Fritzchen
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Manfred Enders
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Otto Androsch
Nicht fummeln, Liebling
1970
Sonnabend, der 1.
1970
Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst
1967
as Kunsträuber
Ludwig
1964
as Ludwig