Otto Sander

ActorDirector Jun 30 (died age 72) Hanover, Germany 1964–2025 (61 year career)

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Biography

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 aband…

Known For

Film

Das Boot

Phillip Thomsen

Film

Wings of Desire

Cassiel

Film

The Tin Drum

Meyn

Film

Das Boot

Kapitänleutnant Philipp

Film

Faraway, So Close!

Cassiel

Film

Werner and the Wizard of Booze

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Film

Les Misérables

Monseigneur Bienvenu

Film

Krabat

Narrator (voice)

Filmography

Acting (127)

Movies (98)

About Narration

2025

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

2021

as Self

7.2

Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter

as Himself

Fly Away

as Eckehardt Tiedgen

Die Schuld der Erben

as Leonhard Asmussen

Life Is Too Long

Krabat

as Narrator (voice)

Little King Macius

as Erasmus (voice)

The Heart Is a Dark Forest

2007

as Helmut

5.5

Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef

2004

as Narrator (voice)

Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre

2003

as Voice

Werner - Gekotzt wird später!

2003

as Erzähler (voice)

5.9

Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us

as Self

The Danube

as Franz

Happy Too

as Himself / Gert Bastian

Tödliches Vertrauen

2002

as Bernd Kortens

3.0

Atlantic Affairs

2002

as Maitre de Plaisir on Stage

100 Pro

as Narrator

Sass

as Vater Sass

The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld

2000

as Professor Steinach

5.3

Marlene

2000

as Bühnenmanager

5.5

Der Kuß des Vergessens

1999

as Herr Jelke

Männer sind wie Schokolade

1999

as Vater Lano

5.0

Majestät brauchen Sonne

1999

as Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)

Girls under investigation

1999

as Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner

E-m@il an Gott

1999

as Petrus

Am I Beautiful?

1998

as David

6.7

Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust

1998

as Walker

Conversation with the Beast

1997

as Adolf Hitler Double

The Harmonists

1997

6.7

Liebe Lügen

1997

as Vater

Das Boot - The Director's Cut

1997

as Kapitätleutnant Phlilipp

The Killer Condom

1996

as Mr. Higgins

5.2

Lumière & Company

1995

as Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

6.2

Bauernschach

1995

as Dr. Gerold Stadler

4.0

Matulla und Busch

1995

as Korte

Nikolaikirche

1995

as kirchlicher Superintendent

The Promise

as Professor Lorenz

Das Loch

as Der Mann

The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang

as Prof. Hinzelmann

Three Sisters

as Vershinin

Hölderlin-Comics

Movie Days

as Maður á hesti

Faraway, So Close!

as Cassiel

Schlusschor

The Olympic Summer

as Sprecher

The Film Narrator

as Salzmann

Inge, April und Mai

1993

2.0

Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland

1992

Bescheiß kein Kind!

1992

as Vater

Werner and the Wizard of Booze

1990

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.6

Vorwärts

1990

Time of Vengeance

1990

as Robert

The Break

1989

as Erwin Lubowitz

3.8

Wie du mir..

1989

as Markus Petarka

The Case of Mr. Spalt

as Otto Spalt

Wings of Desire

as Cassiel

Close Up

as Professor Spalt

Rosa Luxemburg

1986

as Karl Liebknecht

6.6

Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin

1986

as Rezitation

Wahnfried

1986

as Richard Wagner

4.3

Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars

1986

as Loan officer Grop

5.5

Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich

1986

as Gerichtsgehilfe

6.6

Drei Schwestern

1986

as Alexander Ignatjewitsch Werschinin

Der Mord mit der Schere

1984

as Inspector Spalt

A Love in Germany

1983

as Narrator

4.9

Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois

as Self

Das Boot

as Phillip Thomsen

Strike Back

as Kowalski

Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?

as Nummer Sieben

Der Mann im Pyjama

as Rudi

Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten

1981

as Kalfisch

Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren

Die Ursache

Palermo or Wolfsburg

as Staatsanwalt

Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe

The Tin Drum

as Meyn

Plastikfieber

as Wilfried

Trilogie des Wiedersehens

1979

as Richard

Phantom

1979

Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk

Heinrich Zille

Summer Guests

as Pjotr Suslov

The Marquise of O

as Brother, Forstmeister

6.7

Four Against the Bank

1976

as Eberhard Winter

4.5

Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces

1975

as Himself

Lehmanns Erzählungen

1975

as Lehmann

Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben

1975

as Harald Bornemann

Die Bakchen

1974

as Tiresias

One or the Other of Us

1974

as Rulle Ruhlsdorff

4.4

Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt

1974

Prinz Friedrich von Homburg

1973

as Obrist Kottwitz

The Ignoramus and the Madman

1972

Die Mutter

1971

Sonntags am Meer

1970

as Fritzchen

Sonnabend, der 1.

No Pawing, Darling

Ludwig

as Ludwig

Television (29)

Unter kaiserlicher Flagge

2006

as Erzähler / Narrator

Vienna Crime Squad

2005

as Conrad Ribarski

4.6

Leute am Donnerstag

2004

as himself

Through the Night with...

2002

as Self

8.0

Gero von Boehm begegnet...

2002

as Self

Ein roter Teppich für....

2002

as Self

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

2002

as Narrator

Les Misérables

2000

as Monseigneur Bienvenu

6.9

Preußen – Chronik eines deutschen Staates

2000

as Self (Narrator)

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

as Self

The Shop

Tietjen und Bommes

as Self

Zimmer frei!

1996

as Self

6.3

Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord

1996

as Rainer Kleinhundert

Die Harald Schmidt Show

as Self

Kulturzeit

as self

A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft

1995

as Freddy Klinke

Wolffs Revier

as Schenk

DAS!

as Self

Das Boot

as Kapitänleutnant Philipp

Der Fahnder

as Bähr

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Das Traumschiff

as Johannes Lippelt

NDR Talk Show

as Self

Polizeiruf 110

as Richard Lansky

Scene of the Crime

as Manfred Enders

Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst

1967

as Kunsträuber

8.1

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

1967

as Self

6.0

Grimme Award

1964

as Self

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois

1982

Director

1.0