Otto Sander
Actor
Born June 30, 1941 in Hanover, Germany
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.
Filmography
About Narration
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Self
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
Himself
Fly Away
Eckehardt Tiedgen
Life Is Too Long
Krabat
Narrator (voice)
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
Helmut
Little King Macius
Erasmus (voice)
Unter kaiserlicher Flagge
Erzähler / Narrator
Vienna Crime Squad
Conrad Ribarski
Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef
Narrator (voice)
The Danube
Franz
Werner - Gekotzt wird später!
Erzähler (voice)
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Self
Happy Too
Himself / Gert Bastian
Through the Night with...
Self
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Narrator
100 Pro
Narrator
Sass
Vater Sass
Preußen – Chronik eines deutschen Staates
Self (Narrator)
Les Misérables
Monseigneur Bienvenu
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
Professor Steinach
Marlene
Bühnenmanager
E-m@il an Gott
Petrus
Girls under investigation
Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner
Männer sind wie Schokolade
Vater Lano
The Shop
Am I Beautiful?
David
The Harmonists
Conversation with the Beast
Adolf Hitler Double
The Killer Condom
Mr. Higgins
Zimmer frei!
Self
Lumière & Company
Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
Nikolaikirche
kirchlicher Superintendent
Kulturzeit
self
The Promise
Professor Lorenz
Bauernschach
Dr. Gerold Stadler
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
Freddy Klinke
Das Loch
Der Mann
The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang
Prof. Hinzelmann
Movie Days
Maður á hesti
Three Sisters
Vershinin
The Film Narrator
Salzmann
The Olympic Summer
Sprecher
Faraway, So Close!
Cassiel
Inge, April und Mai
Wolffs Revier
Schenk
Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland
DAS!
Self
Werner and the Wizard of Booze
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Time of Vengeance
Robert
The Break
Erwin Lubowitz
The Case of Mr. Spalt
Otto Spalt
Wings of Desire
Cassiel
Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich
Gerichtsgehilfe
Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
Loan officer Grop
Wahnfried
Richard Wagner
Rosa Luxemburg
Karl Liebknecht
Das Boot
Kapitänleutnant Philipp
Der Fahnder
Bähr
A Love in Germany
Narrator
Der Mann im Pyjama
Rudi
Das Traumschiff
James Korthals
Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
Nummer Sieben
Das Boot
Phillip Thomsen
Strike Back
Kowalski
Wetten, dass..?
Self
Palermo or Wolfsburg
Staatsanwalt
The Tin Drum
Meyn
NDR Talk Show
Self
Four Against the Bank
Eberhard Winter
The Marquise of O
Brother, Forstmeister
Summer Guests
Pjotr Suslov
Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces
Himself
Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben
Harald Bornemann
One or the Other of Us
Rulle Ruhlsdorff
Polizeiruf 110
Ludwig Stolze
Scene of the Crime
Manfred Enders
No Pawing, Darling
Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst
Kunsträuber