Overview
- Agency Tom Produkt confirmed to dpa that Sattmann died on December 25, 2025, the day before his birthday.
- No official cause of death has been announced, though past interviews detailed longstanding health problems.
- Sattmann appeared in more than 180 productions after training in Munich and starting professionally in 1969 at the Deutsches Theater in Göttingen.
- He became widely known for roles in German TV, including Tatort, Der Alte and Das Traumschiff, and he also wrote, directed and composed for the stage.
- Born in Zwickau in 1947, he later published a 2019 autobiography and is survived by two daughters, including Paula with actress Katja Riemann.