9.3
9.3
The Case of Mr. Spalt
1988
as Otto Spalt
Otto Sander
Acting
Born:June 30, 1941
Died:September 12, 2013(aged 72)
Birthplace:Hanover, Germany
Nationality:Germany
Education:Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (92 movies)
9.0
9.0
The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang
1994
as Prof. Hinzelmann
8.3
8.3
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003
as Self
8.1
8.1
Das Boot
1981
as Phillip Thomsen
8.0
8.0
Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
1981
as Nummer Sieben
7.8
7.8
Wings of Desire
1987
as Cassiel
7.2
7.2
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021
as Self
7.0
7.0
No Pawing, Darling
1970
6.9
6.9
The Tin Drum
1979
as Meyn
6.9
6.9
Faraway, So Close!
1993
as Cassiel
6.7
6.7
The Marquise of O
1976
as Brother, Forstmeister
6.6
6.6
The Harmonists
1997
6.6
6.6
Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich
1986
as Gerichtsgehilfe
6.6
6.6
Rosa Luxemburg
1986
as Karl Liebknecht
6.5
6.5
Der Mann im Pyjama
1981
as Rudi
6.4
6.4
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
2013
as Himself
6.3
6.3
The Promise
1995
as Professor Lorenz
6.3
6.3
Summer Guests
1976
as Pjotr Suslov
6.2
6.2
Lumière & Company
1995
as Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
6.0
6.0
Movie Days
1994
as Maður á hesti
5.9
5.9
Werner - Gekotzt wird später!
2003
as Erzähler (voice)
5.7
5.7
Fly Away
2012
as Eckehardt Tiedgen
5.5
5.5
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
2007
as Helmut
5.5
5.5
Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
1986
as Loan officer Grop
5.5
5.5
Marlene
2000
as Bühnenmanager
5.4
5.4
Palermo or Wolfsburg
1980
as Staatsanwalt
5.3
5.3
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
2000
as Professor Steinach
5.3
5.3
Ludwig
1964
as Ludwig
5.2
5.2
Sass
2001
as Vater Sass
5.1
5.1
The Killer Condom
1996
as Mr. Higgins
5.1
5.1
Strike Back
1981
as Kowalski
5.0
5.0
The Danube
2003
as Franz
5.0
5.0
Männer sind wie Schokolade
1999
as Vater Lano
4.9
4.9
A Love in Germany
1983
as Narrator
4.5
4.5
Four Against the Bank
1976
as Eberhard Winter
4.4
4.4
One or the Other of Us
1974
as Rulle Ruhlsdorff
4.3
4.3
Wahnfried
1986
as Richard Wagner
4.0
4.0
Little King Macius
2007
as Erasmus (voice)
4.0
4.0
Bauernschach
1995
as Dr. Gerold Stadler
3.8
3.8
The Break
1989
as Erwin Lubowitz
3.7
3.7
Nikolaikirche
1995
as kirchlicher Superintendent
3.0
3.0
Tödliches Vertrauen
2002
as Bernd Kortens
2.0
2.0
Inge, April und Mai
1993
2.0
2.0
Die Schuld der Erben
2012
as Leonhard Asmussen
1.0
1.0
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
1982
Director
1.0
1.0
Three Sisters
1994
as Vershinin
Der Mord mit der Schere
1984
as Inspector Spalt
Sonntags am Meer
1970
as Fritzchen
Die Ursache
1980
Heinrich Zille
1977
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
1980
Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt
1974
The Ignoramus and the Madman
1972
Liebe Lügen
1997
as Vater
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
1981
Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk
1978
Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre
2003
as Voice
Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
1981
as Kalfisch
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
1973
as Obrist Kottwitz
E-m@il an Gott
1999
as Petrus
About Narration
2025
Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust
1998
as Walker
Die Mutter
1971
Wie du mir..
1989
as Markus Petarka
Lehmanns Erzählungen
1975
as Lehmann
Trilogie des Wiedersehens
1979
as Richard
Schlusschor
1993
Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Drei Schwestern
1986
as Alexander Ignatjewitsch Werschinin
Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces
1975
as Himself
Vorwärts
1990
Majestät brauchen Sonne
1999
as Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben
1975
as Harald Bornemann
Sonnabend, der 1.
1970
Time of Vengeance
1990
as Robert
Bescheiß kein Kind!
1992
as Vater
Conversation with the Beast
1997
as Adolf Hitler Double
Happy Too
2002
as Himself / Gert Bastian
Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland
1992
Hölderlin-Comics
1994
Das Loch
1995
as Der Mann
Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin
1986
as Rezitation
Phantom
1979
Die Bakchen
1974
as Tiresias
Plastikfieber
1979
as Wilfried
Close Up
1987
as Professor Spalt
Das Boot - The Director's Cut
1997
as Kapitätleutnant Phlilipp
The Film Narrator
1993
as Salzmann
Atlantic Affairs
2002
as Maitre de Plaisir on Stage
Girls under investigation
1999
as Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner
Der Kuß des Vergessens
1999
as Herr Jelke
Matulla und Busch
1995
as Korte
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