Versatile actor at Berlin's Schaubühne theatre who made films with Wim Wenders and Eric Rohmer
The German actor Otto Sander, who has died aged 72 after suffering from cancer, made his name as one of the members of Peter Stein's Schaubühne theatre in Berlin, where he developed a versatile but precise stage presence that he brought to all kinds of roles. Sander also had more than 100 credits in film and TV productions, most notably Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot (The Boat, 1981), as a drunk and disillusioned U-boat captain, and Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire, 1987), as one of the two angels in Wim Wenders's magical survey of the divided city.
Born in Hanover, Sander grew up in Kassel, where he graduated from the Friederichsgymnasium in 1961. He did his military service as a naval reserve officer. In 1965, in his first engagement at the Düsseldorf Kammerspiele, he showed a natural...
The German actor Otto Sander, who has died aged 72 after suffering from cancer, made his name as one of the members of Peter Stein's Schaubühne theatre in Berlin, where he developed a versatile but precise stage presence that he brought to all kinds of roles. Sander also had more than 100 credits in film and TV productions, most notably Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot (The Boat, 1981), as a drunk and disillusioned U-boat captain, and Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire, 1987), as one of the two angels in Wim Wenders's magical survey of the divided city.
Born in Hanover, Sander grew up in Kassel, where he graduated from the Friederichsgymnasium in 1961. He did his military service as a naval reserve officer. In 1965, in his first engagement at the Düsseldorf Kammerspiele, he showed a natural...
- 9/13/2013
- by Hugh Rorrison
- The Guardian - Film News
Marco Bellocchio
Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 68th Venice International Film Festival.
The new version of Bellocchio’s Nel nome del padre (In the Name of the Father, 1971) will be screened at the festival following the awards ceremony for the Golden Lion, in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema. This version is not a restoration, but an entirely new, “current” work, culled by the director from the original film’s material. The original film was released in 1971.
He is known for his works: Nel nome del padre (1971), Marcia trionfale (Victory March, 1976), psychological drama Il gabbiano (1977), Salto nel vuoto (A Leap in the Dark, 1980), Diavolo in corpo (Devil in the Flesh, 1986), La condanna (The Conviction, 1991), Il sogno della farfalla (1994), Il principe di Homburg (The Prince of Homburg, 1977), La balia (The Nanny, 1999) Buongiorno, notte (Good Morning, Night, 2003) and L’ora...
Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 68th Venice International Film Festival.
The new version of Bellocchio’s Nel nome del padre (In the Name of the Father, 1971) will be screened at the festival following the awards ceremony for the Golden Lion, in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema. This version is not a restoration, but an entirely new, “current” work, culled by the director from the original film’s material. The original film was released in 1971.
He is known for his works: Nel nome del padre (1971), Marcia trionfale (Victory March, 1976), psychological drama Il gabbiano (1977), Salto nel vuoto (A Leap in the Dark, 1980), Diavolo in corpo (Devil in the Flesh, 1986), La condanna (The Conviction, 1991), Il sogno della farfalla (1994), Il principe di Homburg (The Prince of Homburg, 1977), La balia (The Nanny, 1999) Buongiorno, notte (Good Morning, Night, 2003) and L’ora...
- 5/11/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
'If your reviews are good, you think, "Tonight I will go on repeating my brilliant performance." It's theatrical death'
What got you started?
Meeting Scottish variety star Tommy Morgan at the Palace theatre in Dundee when I was five. My uncle was a friend of the stage manager, so he took me backstage. I watched Tommy take his makeup off, fascinated by his transformation from the creature I'd seen under the lights, to an ordinary person like me.
What have you sacrificed for your art?
When Jonathan Kent and I ran the Almeida [in London] for about 13 years, we gave up everything: running a theatre is a 24-hour-a-day job.
If government funding was withdrawn, how would theatre evolve to cope?
It would cope somehow, because theatre always does: so many people just have to do it. One way could be to start using churches as theatres. They're not open 24 hours a day...
What got you started?
Meeting Scottish variety star Tommy Morgan at the Palace theatre in Dundee when I was five. My uncle was a friend of the stage manager, so he took me backstage. I watched Tommy take his makeup off, fascinated by his transformation from the creature I'd seen under the lights, to an ordinary person like me.
What have you sacrificed for your art?
When Jonathan Kent and I ran the Almeida [in London] for about 13 years, we gave up everything: running a theatre is a 24-hour-a-day job.
If government funding was withdrawn, how would theatre evolve to cope?
It would cope somehow, because theatre always does: so many people just have to do it. One way could be to start using churches as theatres. They're not open 24 hours a day...
- 8/23/2010
- by Laura Barnett
- The Guardian - Film News
The British film star is making his West End debut as the lead in The Prince of Homburg at the Donmar Warehouse in London
Charlie Cox is a 27-year-old British actor who rose to fame with film roles in The Merchant of Venice (2004) and Stardust (2007). He made his West End theatre debut with an acclaimed performance in Pinter's The Collection. He's currently in rehearsals for Dennis Kelly's new version of The Prince of Homburg, by the German Romantic playwright Heinrich von Kleist, at the Donmar Warehouse.
Will this be your first time at the Donmar?
The first time not in an audition – I've auditioned there a few times to no avail. Of all the London theatres, the Donmar is the dream.
Can you tell me a bit about the character of the prince?
He's a dreamer who is quite spontaneous and disobeys orders but is a hero of the...
Charlie Cox is a 27-year-old British actor who rose to fame with film roles in The Merchant of Venice (2004) and Stardust (2007). He made his West End theatre debut with an acclaimed performance in Pinter's The Collection. He's currently in rehearsals for Dennis Kelly's new version of The Prince of Homburg, by the German Romantic playwright Heinrich von Kleist, at the Donmar Warehouse.
Will this be your first time at the Donmar?
The first time not in an audition – I've auditioned there a few times to no avail. Of all the London theatres, the Donmar is the dream.
Can you tell me a bit about the character of the prince?
He's a dreamer who is quite spontaneous and disobeys orders but is a hero of the...
- 7/17/2010
- by Hermione Hoby
- The Guardian - Film News
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