Otto Sander
Otto Sander | |
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 Sander in 2008 at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival | |
| Born | 30 June 1941 Hanover, Germany |
| Died | 12 September 2013 (aged 72) Berlin, Germany |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1964–2013 |
Otto Sander (30 June 1941 – 12 September 2013) was a German film, theater, and voice actor.
Life
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Education and early career
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.
Theatre
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).
Film
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 and played in the movie Der Einstein des Sex (1999).
In 1990, he was a member of the Jury at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
Voice acting
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.
Personal life and death
He was married to the actress Monika Hansen and is stepfather to the actors Ben Becker and Meret Becker. He has two brothers, the lawyer Adolf Sander, the scientist Chris Sander, and a sister, the book dealer Marianne Sander.
Sander died, aged 72, in Berlin on 12 September 2013. No cause of death was given, though he had been diagnosed with cancer several years before his death.[2]
Filmography
As Actor
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Nicht fummeln, Liebling | ||
| 1974 | One or the Other of Us | Rulle | |
| 1975 | Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben | Harald Bornemann | |
| 1976 | Sommergäste | Pjotr Suslov | |
| 1976 | The Marquise of O | Der Bruder, Der Forstmeister | |
| 1976 | Vier gegen die Bank | Eberhard Winter | TV film |
| 1979 | The Tin Drum | Musiker Meyn | |
| 1980 | Palermo or Wolfsburg | Prosecutor | |
| 1980 | Die Ursache | Anton Seiler | TV film |
| 1981 | Kalt wie Eis | Kowalski | |
| 1981 | Das Boot | Phillip Thomsen | |
| 1981 | The Man in Pyjamas | Rudi | |
| 1982 | Wer spinnt denn da, Herr Doktor? | Nummer Sieben | |
| 1984 | Der Mord mit der Schere | Inspector Spalt | |
| 1986 | Rosa Luxemburg | Karl Liebknecht | |
| 1986 | Miko - aus der Gosse zu den Sternen | ||
| 1986 | Wahnfried | Richard Wagner | |
| 1986 | Caspar David Friedrich – Grenzen der Zeit | Gerichtsgehilfe | |
| 1987 | Wings of Desire | Cassiel | |
| 1988 | Z.B. ... Otto Spalt | Otto Spalt | |
| 1989 | Der Bruch | Lubowitz | |
| 1990 | Zeit der Rache | ||
| 1990 | Vorwärts | Backward Pedestrian | |
| 1991 | Amaurose | ||
| 1992 | Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland | ||
| 1993 | Inge, April und Mai | Inges Vater | |
| 1993 | Faraway, So Close! | Cassiel | |
| 1993 | Der Kinoerzähler | Salzmann | |
| 1994 | Hölderlin-Comics | Friedrich Hölderlin - Elder | |
| 1994 | Movie Days | Maður á hesti | |
| 1994 | Three Sisters | Vershinin | |
| 1994 | The Promise | Professor Lorenz | |
| 1996 | Killer Condom | Mr. Higgins | |
| 1996 | Conversation with the Beast | Hitler double | |
| 1996 | Truck Stop | ||
| 1997 | Comedian Harmonists | Bruno Levy | |
| 1998 | Der Traum von der Freiheit | ||
| 1998 | Am I Beautiful? | David | |
| 1999 | Untersuchung an Mädeln | ||
| 1999 | Der Einstein des Sex | Prof. Steinach | |
| 2000 | Marlene | Bühnenmanager | |
| 2000 | Les Misérables | Monseigneur Bienvenu | TV miniseries |
| 2001 | Sass | Vater Sass | |
| 2003 | Donau, Duna, Dunaj, Dunav, Dunarea | Franz | |
| 2007 | Der kleine König Macius - Der Film | Erasmus | Voice |
| 2007 | Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald | Helmut | |
| 2010 | Das Leben ist zu lang | ||
| 2012 | Bis zum Horizont, dann links! | Eckehardt Tiedgen |
As Narrator
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | A Love in Germany | |
| 1990 | Werner – Beinhart! | |
| 1993 | Der olympische Sommer | |
| 2001 | 100 Pro | |
| 2003 | Werner – Gekotzt wird später! | |
| 2006 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | |
| 2008 | Krabat |
References
- ^ "Berlinale: 1990 Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
- ^ Otto Sander, Wings of Desire actor dies at 72
External links
- Otto Sander at IMDb
